MOTOR VEHICLE
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1. A method of operating an electrical supply network, comprising:
- coupling a vehicle to the supply network;
receiving a trigger to cause a partial discharge of power of an electrical energy storage device of the vehicle into an electric power network; and
discharging electrical energy into the electric power network from the vehicle in response to receiving the trigger.
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Abstract
A system and method for operating, or electrically communicating with, an electrical supply network are disclosed. A vehicle is coupled to the electrical supply network, a trigger causes a partial discharge of an electrical energy storage device of the vehicle into electric power network, discharging electrical energy into the electric power network from the vehicle.
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15 Claims
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1. A method of operating an electrical supply network, comprising:
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coupling a vehicle to the supply network; receiving a trigger to cause a partial discharge of power of an electrical energy storage device of the vehicle into an electric power network; and discharging electrical energy into the electric power network from the vehicle in response to receiving the trigger. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A motor vehicle comprising:
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at least one electric motor; an electrical energy storage device operable to provide electrical drive energy to the electric motor; a plug connector coupled to the energy storage device for connection to an electric power network; a controller operable to control a flow of a current from the electric power network to the energy storage device and from the energy storage device to the electric power network; and an input coupled to the controller and operable to initiate a partial discharge of the electrical energy stored in the electrical energy storage device to the electric power network in response to a trigger.
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11. A method comprising:
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supplying electrical energy to a vehicle having an energy storage device from an electric power network at a first time through a current source outlet at a facility; receiving electrical energy into the electric power network from the energy storage device in the vehicle in response to a first trigger at a second time through the current source outlet; and ceasing reception of electrical energy into the electric power network in response to a second trigger. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A facility at which vehicles temporarily park, the facility comprising:
a current source outlet configured to be electrically coupled to a connector of a vehicle to facilitate electrically coupling an electrical storage device of the vehicle to an electric power network, and allow flow of electrical power from the electric power network to the electrical storage device and discharge of electrical power from the electrical storage device to the electric power network, the current source outlet being configured to communicate a trigger prompted by the electric power network to a controller carried by the vehicle and cause a partial discharge of electrical energy from the electrical energy storage device of the vehicle into the electric power network in response to receiving the trigger. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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