Fleet management systems and methods for providing optimized charging paths
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsStuart C. SALTER, Sanjay DAYAL, Pietro BUTTOLO, Ryan O'GORMAN
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing optimized, multi-objective charge planning strategies for electrified vehicles of a vehicle fleet. The proposed systems and methods may utilize a multi-objective approach to charge planning. The multi-objective approach may account for factors such as time, wear, and cost to charge by assigning a cost value to each factor. The proposed systems and methods may further leverage charging at fleet owned/managed depots, public charging stations, and private, residential charging locations when solving the charging path optimization problem for each vehicle of the fleet.
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A fleet management system, comprising:
- a plurality of electrified vehicles;
- and
- a control module programmed to create an optimized charging path control strategy that includes instructions for charging each of the plurality of electrified vehicles prior to, during, or after a delivery/servicing task,
- wherein the instructions are derived based on a multi-objective charging cost goal.
An electrified vehicle, comprising:
- a traction battery pack;
- and
- a control module programmed to receive an optimized charging path control strategy that includes instructions for charging the traction battery pack prior to, during, or after an assigned delivery/servicing task,
- wherein the instructions are derived based on a multi-objective charging cost goal.
A charge planning method, comprising:
- assigning a cost to time for performing a delivery/servicing task for each electrified vehicle of a vehicle fleet;
- assigning a cost to vehicle component wear for performing the delivery/service task for each electrified vehicle of the vehicle fleet;
- estimating a range constraint for each electrified vehicle of the vehicle fleet;
- and
- generating an optimized charging path control strategy for charging each electrified vehicle of the vehicle fleet,
- wherein the optimized charging path control strategy is derived at least from assigning the cost to time, assigning the cost to vehicle component wear, and estimating the range constraint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.