Method of providing information when an electric vehicle is used as a battery pack

A system for providing information related to a charge status of an electric vehicle when the electric vehicle is being used as a battery pack, comprising:

• a system controller in communication with an electrical system within the electric vehicle, the system controller adapted to:
• detect when the electric vehicle is being used to provide power to an external electrical device;
• and
• when the electric vehicle is being used to provide power to an external electrical device:
• monitor information related to a charge status of the electric vehicle, including at least one of:
• a level of charge of the electrical system within the electric vehicle;
• and
• a time left until the level of charge of the electric vehicle falls a pre-determined threshold, wherein the system controller is adapted to calculate the pre-determined threshold by:
• tracking the amount of electrical power being drawn by the external electrical device;
• calculating a level of charge of the electric vehicle sufficient to allow the electric vehicle to travel from a current location to a planned destination;
• and
• setting the pre-determined threshold at the level of charge of the electric vehicle sufficient to allow the electric vehicle to travel from the current location to the planned destination;
• and
• provide notification, to a person in proximity to the electric vehicle, with the system controller, the charge status of the electric vehicle.

An electric vehicle having a system for providing information related to a charge status of the electric vehicle when the electric vehicle is being used as a battery pack, the system comprising:

• a system controller in communication with an electrical system within the electric vehicle, the system controller adapted to:
• detect when the electric vehicle is being used to provide power to an external electrical device;
• and
• when the electric vehicle is being used to provide power to an external electrical device:
• monitor information related to a charge status of the electric vehicle, including at least one of:
• a level of charge of the electrical system within the electric vehicle;
• and
• a time left until the level of charge of the electric vehicle falls a pre-determined threshold, wherein the system controller is adapted to calculate the pre-determined threshold by:
• tracking the amount of electrical power being drawn by the external electrical device;
• receiving information related to a planned destination from at least one of input from a user of the electric vehicle, and input from a navigation system within the electric vehicle, wherein the planned destination is one of a charging station or a home location;
• calculating a level of charge of the electric vehicle sufficient to allow the electric vehicle to travel from a current location to the planned destination;
• and
• setting the pre-determined threshold at the level of charge of the electric vehicle sufficient to allow the electric vehicle to travel from the current location to the planned destination;
• and
• provide notification, to a person in proximity to the electric vehicle, that the level of charge of the electric vehicle is approaching the pre-determined threshold when the level of charge of the electric vehicle is approaching the pre-determined threshold;
• and
• provide notification, to a person in proximity to the electric vehicle, that the level of charge of the electric vehicle is at the pre-determined threshold when the level of charge of the electric vehicle is at the pre-determined threshold;
• wherein, when providing notification, to a person in proximity to the electric vehicle, the system controller is further adapted to at least one of:
• display, with a hybrid augmented reality head-up display system in communication with the system controller and adapted to project information onto a window surface of the electric vehicle, the current level of charge of the electric vehicle and a warning message;
• actuate, with a lighting system within the electric vehicle and in communication with the system controller, at least one of vehicle headlights and vehicle tail-lights;
• actuate, with the system controller, an audible device;
• display, with a first externally mounted projector in communication with the system controller, the current level of charge of the electric vehicle and a warning message onto a surface adjacent the electric vehicle;
• display, with a second externally mounted projector in communication with the system controller, light outward from the electric vehicle onto floating particles within proximity of the electric vehicle, and creating a three-dimensional image including the current level of charge of the electric vehicle and a warning message;
• send information related to the charging status of the vehicle to a personal device associated with a person, and display, with the personal device, the current level of charge of the electric vehicle and a warning message;
• and
• prevent electrical power from the electric vehicle from flowing to the externally connected electrical device.