Kiosk vehicle charging and selecting systems

A vehicle charging and selecting system for kiosk operated electric vehicles, the charging and selecting system comprising:

• an AC charging source connected to a utility grid system;
• a battery-to-battery DC charging source;
• a local power bus connected to both the AC and DC charging sources;
• a plurality of charging stations, each being connected to the local power bus such that power can be received from or transmitted to the local power bus and each charging station having means for connecting to a vehicle battery of one of the kiosk vehicles for monitoring, charging, or discharging, or a combination thereof, the vehicle battery and means for receiving vehicle user input related to a trip to a desired destination kiosk;
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• a system controller being connected to each of the plurality of charging stations, wherein the system controller periodically monitors the condition of the vehicle batteries of all kiosk operated electric vehicles connected to the charging stations and further monitors selected external sources, and, using the monitored information, the system controller determines a priority for charging the vehicle batteries and the AC or DC charging source to be used for charging the vehicle batteries, the system controller further uses the monitored information and the vehicle user input to select one of the kiosk vehicles having sufficient battery charge for the trip to the desired destination kiosk.

A method for charging a vehicle battery of a kiosk operated electric vehicle, the method comprising:

• monitoring a vehicle battery condition of all of the electric vehicles connected to a kiosk charging system;
• monitoring external conditions including current time, utility grid status and current weather conditions;
• selecting one of an AC charging source or a DC charging source based on the utility grid status;
• and
• selecting one or more vehicle batteries to be charged based on the monitored conditions of all vehicle batteries connected to the kiosk charging system or the location of the kiosk vehicles in a kiosk queue.

A method for charging and selecting a kiosk operated electric vehicle, the method comprising:

• monitoring a vehicle battery condition of all of the electric vehicles connected to a kiosk charging system;
• monitoring external conditions relative to the charging and discharging of the vehicle batteries;
• selecting one of an AC charging source or a DC charging source based on a utility grid status;
• selecting one or more vehicle batteries to be charged based on the monitored conditions of all vehicle batteries connected to the kiosk charging system or the location of the kiosk vehicles in a kiosk queue, or both;
• monitoring vehicle user information concerning a selected destination kiosk;
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• selecting one of the kiosk vehicles with sufficient charge for the vehicle user's trip to the selected destination kiosk.