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Vehicle charging stations equipped with notification systems

  • US 10,500,977 B2
  • Filed: 10/19/2017
  • Issued: 12/10/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle charging station, comprising:

  • a housing;

    a sensor system configured to detect when a vehicle is parked near the housing;

    a notification system configured to communicate an alert when the vehicle is parked near the housing and charging has not been initiated within a threshold amount of time; and

    a control module configured to command the notification system to generate the alert when charging via the vehicle charging station has not been initiated after the threshold amount of time has passed since detecting the vehicle.

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