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Electric vehicle fleet charging system

  • US 9,505,318 B2
  • Filed: 05/25/2012
  • Issued: 11/29/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for managing a plurality of electric vehicles, the system comprising:

  • a plug-in module that connects to an on-board computer system of at least one of the plurality of electric vehicles, the plug-in module configured to collect and store data collected from the at least one of the plurality of electric vehicles in real-time while the at least one of the plurality of electric vehicles is in operation;

    a first software application that manages, monitors, and controls electric vehicle driver registrations, rental checkouts, rental returns, billing, costs, carbon emissions, and additional parameters associated with the plurality of electric vehicles;

    a second software application that executes on a smart device, the second software application comprising a user interface for displaying electric vehicle driver registrations, rental checkouts, rental returns, billing, costs, carbon emissions, and additional parameters associated with the plurality of electric vehicles;

    a communications network to communicate among the plug-in module, the first software application, the smart device executing the second software application and a utility providing electric vehicle charging energy, the communications network having a first communications link between the plug-in module and the first software application, a second communications link between the first software application and the smart device executing the second software application, a third communications link between the smart device executing the second software application and the plug-in module, and a fourth communications link between the first software application and the utility providing electric vehicle charging energy; and

    a non-transitory computer-readable medium residing in the plug-in module that stores computer executable instructions supporting the system, the computer-executable instructions comprising computer code that extracts information items from the one or more of the plurality of electric vehicles in real-time, wirelessly transmits the information items to the first software application, and wirelessly transmits the information items to the smart device executing the second software application.

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