MANAGING A FLEET OF AUTONOMOUS ELECTRIC VEHICLES FOR ON-DEMAND TRANSPORTATION AND ANCILLARY SERVICES TO ELECTRICAL GRID
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for managing a fleet of electric vehicles, the method comprising:
- selecting, by a fleet management computing system, an optimal vehicle fleet size and an plurality of discharging parking lot locations based on (i) historical electrical energy consumption for a geographic area and (ii) historical traffic flow though the geographic area during one or more time periods of interest;
collecting, by the fleet management computing system, transportation demand data from a plurality of users comprising requests for transportation to locations within the geographic area;
using, by the fleet management computing system, (i) the optimal vehicle fleet size, (ii) the plurality of discharging parking lot locations, and (iii) the transportation demand data to select routing information for each of a plurality of electric vehicles; and
routing, by the fleet management computing system, each respective autonomous vehicle according to its respective routing information.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method for managing a fleet of electric vehicles includes a fleet management computing system selecting an optimal vehicle fleet size and a plurality of discharging parking lot locations based on (i) historical electrical energy consumption for a geographic area and (ii) historical traffic flow though the geographic area during one or more time periods of interest. The fleet management computing system collects transportation demand data from a plurality of users comprising requests for transportation to locations within the geographic area and uses (i) the optimal vehicle fleet size, (ii) the plurality of discharging parking lot locations, and (iii) the transportation demand data to select routing information for each of a plurality of electric vehicles. Then, the fleet management computing system routes each respective autonomous vehicle according to its respective routing information.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for managing a fleet of electric vehicles, the method comprising:
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selecting, by a fleet management computing system, an optimal vehicle fleet size and an plurality of discharging parking lot locations based on (i) historical electrical energy consumption for a geographic area and (ii) historical traffic flow though the geographic area during one or more time periods of interest; collecting, by the fleet management computing system, transportation demand data from a plurality of users comprising requests for transportation to locations within the geographic area; using, by the fleet management computing system, (i) the optimal vehicle fleet size, (ii) the plurality of discharging parking lot locations, and (iii) the transportation demand data to select routing information for each of a plurality of electric vehicles; and routing, by the fleet management computing system, each respective autonomous vehicle according to its respective routing information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An article of manufacture for managing a fleet of electric vehicles, the article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory, tangible computer-readable medium holding computer-executable instructions for performing a method comprising:
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selecting a plurality of discharging parking lot locations based on (i) historical electrical energy consumption for a geographic area, and (ii) historical traffic flow though the geographic area during one or more time periods of interest; receiving a plurality of user requests for transportation to locations within the geographic area; selecting a plurality of electric vehicles in the fleet of electric vehicles, each respective electric vehicle comprising a battery; generating routing information for each respective electric vehicle that satisfies one of the plurality of user requests for transportation and facilitates discharging of the battery associated with the respective electric vehicle at one of the plurality of discharging parking lot locations; and providing each of the plurality of electric vehicles an instruction dataset corresponding to its respective routing information. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for managing a fleet of electric vehicles, the system comprising:
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a plurality of electric vehicles, each electric vehicle comprising a battery; and a fleet management computing system configured to; select a plurality of discharging parking lot locations based on (i) historical electrical energy consumption for a geographic area, and (ii) historical traffic flow though the geographic area during one or more time periods of interest, receive a plurality of user requests for transportation to locations within the geographic area, and generate a routing instruction for each respective electric vehicle that satisfies one of the plurality of user requests and facilitates discharging of the battery associated with the respective electric vehicle at one of the plurality of discharging parking lot locations, provide each of the plurality of electric vehicles with its respective routing instruction. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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