Regional charging control service

A system of a vehicle comprising:

• one or more processors of an onboard vehicle computer included in the vehicle;
• one or more non-transitory tangible computer readable mediums of the vehicle communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and storing executable instructions executable by the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
• receiving demand response event data associated with a geographic region;
• determining a last-mile distribution network that includes a first endpoint in the geographic region, the first endpoint associated with a mobile client device;
• estimating one or more last-mile power usage factors describing power usage of a set of endpoints in the last-mile distribution network, the set of endpoints including the first endpoint associated with the mobile client device;
• determining a charge schedule for the mobile client device based on the demand response event data the one or more last-mile power usage factors;
• measuring one or more electrical characteristics of a battery system of the mobile client device responsive to detecting that the mobile client device is electrically connected to a charge station, wherein the one or more electrical characteristics includes a lag time;
• verifying the one or more electrical characteristics of the battery system to confirm an identity of the battery system of the mobile client device and a type of the battery system as a safety precaution before charging the battery system, wherein the lag time is used to identify the type of the battery system;
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• charging the battery system of the mobile client device based on the charge schedule responsive to (1) detecting that the mobile client device is electrically connected to the charge station and (2) verifying that the one or more electrical characteristics of the battery system confirms the identity of the battery system of the mobile client device and the type of the battery system.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-usable medium including a computer-readable program, wherein the computer-readable program when executed on a computer of a charge station causes the computer to:

• receive demand response event data associated with a geographic region;
• determine a last-mile distribution network that includes a first endpoint in the geographic region, the first endpoint associated with a mobile client device;
• estimate one or more last-mile power usage factors describing power usage of a set of endpoints in the last-mile distribution network, the set of endpoints including the first endpoint associated with the mobile client device;
• determine a charge schedule for the mobile client device based on the demand response event data the one or more last-mile power usage factors;
• measure one or more electrical characteristics of a battery system of the mobile client device responsive to detecting that the mobile client device is electrically connected to the charge station, wherein the one or more electrical characteristics includes a lag time;
• verify the one or more electrical characteristics of the battery system to confirm an identity of the battery system of the mobile client device and a type of the battery system as a safety precaution before charging the battery system, wherein the lag time is used to identify the type of the battery system;
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• charge, by the charge station, the battery system of the mobile client device based on the charge schedule responsive to (1) detecting that the mobile client device is electrically connected to the charge station and (2) verifying that the one or more electrical characteristics of the battery system confirms the identity of the battery system of the mobile client device and the type of the battery system.