Electric vehicle charging strategy
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1. A computer-implemented method for charging electric vehicles, the method comprising:
- tracking a plurality of electric vehicles charging in a sector, each of the plurality of electric vehicles connected to a charging station and charging according to a first charging strategy determined by the electric vehicle;
responsive to a total electric energy consumption of the sector being above a threshold, determining a second charging strategy for charging the plurality of electric vehicles; and
transmitting to one or more of the plurality of electric vehicles instructions for charging based on the determined second charging strategy, each of the one or more electric vehicles charging according to the transmitted instructions instead of the first charging strategy determined by the electric vehicle.
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Abstract
The charging of an electric vehicle connected to a charging station is initiated. When a state of charge of the vehicle reaches a minimum state of charge, the charging is halted. The minimum state of charge is less than the full charge capacity of the vehicle. A time for reinitiating the charging is determined. The charging of the vehicle is reinitiated at the determined time.
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1. A computer-implemented method for charging electric vehicles, the method comprising:
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tracking a plurality of electric vehicles charging in a sector, each of the plurality of electric vehicles connected to a charging station and charging according to a first charging strategy determined by the electric vehicle; responsive to a total electric energy consumption of the sector being above a threshold, determining a second charging strategy for charging the plurality of electric vehicles; and transmitting to one or more of the plurality of electric vehicles instructions for charging based on the determined second charging strategy, each of the one or more electric vehicles charging according to the transmitted instructions instead of the first charging strategy determined by the electric vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer-implemented method for charging an electric vehicle connected to a charging station, the method comprising:
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transmitting charging information to a tracking server, the electric vehicle charging in a sector according to a first charging strategy determined by the vehicle; receiving instructions from the tracking server for charging, the instructions based on a second charging strategy determined by the tracking server responsive a total electric energy consumption of the sector being above a threshold; and charging the vehicle according to the instructions instead of charging according to the determined first charging strategy. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer program product for charging electric vehicles, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing computer program code that comprises:
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a vehicle module configured to track a plurality of electric vehicles charging in a sector, each of the plurality of electric vehicles connected to a charging station and charging according to a first charging strategy determined by the electric vehicle; and a strategy module configured to; determine a second charging strategy for charging the plurality of electric vehicles in response to a total electric energy consumption of the sector being above a threshold; and transmit to one or more of the plurality of electric vehicles instructions for charging based on the determined second charging strategy, each of the one or more electric vehicles charging according to the transmitted instructions instead of the first charging strategy determined by the electric vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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