POWER GRID LOAD MANAGEMENT FOR PLUG-IN VEHICLES
First Claim
1. A method of controlling the charging of an onboard energy storage system of a plug-in vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving, from the plug-in vehicle, a charge request for the onboard energy storage system;
obtaining vehicle location data that indicates a location of the plug-in vehicle;
determining, from the charge request and the vehicle location data, whether to charge the onboard energy storage system; and
in response to the determining step, transmitting a charge command to the plug-in vehicle, the charge command comprising data that regulates charging of the onboard energy storage system.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for controlling the charging of an onboard energy storage system of a plug-in vehicle using a remote command center, such as a vehicle telematics service. An embodiment of such a method involves the transmission of a charge request for the onboard energy storage system to a remote command center associated with the plug-in vehicle. In response to the charge request, a charge command is received from the remote command center. The charging of the onboard energy storage system is regulated in accordance with the received charge command, which may be a charge enable command or a charge disable command.
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1. A method of controlling the charging of an onboard energy storage system of a plug-in vehicle, the method comprising:
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receiving, from the plug-in vehicle, a charge request for the onboard energy storage system; obtaining vehicle location data that indicates a location of the plug-in vehicle; determining, from the charge request and the vehicle location data, whether to charge the onboard energy storage system; and in response to the determining step, transmitting a charge command to the plug-in vehicle, the charge command comprising data that regulates charging of the onboard energy storage system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system for controlling the charging of onboard energy storage systems of plug-in vehicles, each of the plug-in vehicles comprising a charge control module for its onboard energy storage system, the system comprising:
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a remote command center configured to support data communication with the plug-in vehicles; a power grid architecture for delivery of electrical energy; and chargers coupled to the power grid architecture, the chargers being configured to provide charging energy from the power grid architecture to the onboard energy storage systems of the plug-in vehicles;
whereinthe remote command center is configured to remotely regulate charging of the onboard energy storage systems of the plug-in vehicles using charge commands transmitted from the remote command center to the plug-in vehicles. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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