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MANAGING A FLEET OF AUTONOMOUS ELECTRIC VEHICLES FOR ON-DEMAND TRANSPORTATION AND ANCILLARY SERVICES TO ELECTRICAL GRID

  • US 20160247106A1
  • Filed: 02/19/2016
  • Published: 08/25/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2015
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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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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