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Recharging of battery electric vehicles on a smart electrical grid system

  • US 9,718,371 B2
  • Filed: 06/30/2011
  • Issued: 08/01/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer program product for recharging a number of battery electric vehicles, the computer program product comprising:

  • a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising a computer usable program code configured to;

    receive from the number of battery electric vehicles that are to recharge at a number of recharging stations of an electrical grid system usage data that comprises a current charge level, a current location, and a planned itinerary that includes a destination;

    determine anticipated electrical loads at the number of recharging stations of the electrical grid system based on the usage data of the number of battery electric vehicles;

    redistribute, by a power generator in response to receiving a communication including the anticipated electrical loads from a control module in a remote server, an electrical supply on the electrical grid system to at least one recharging station of the number of recharging stations based on the anticipated electrical loads, prior to actual usage defined by the usage data by the number of battery electric vehicles; and

    transmit to at least one battery electric vehicle of the number of battery electric vehicles, a recommended recharging station among the number of recharging stations for actual usage by the at least one battery electric vehicle, wherein actual usage of the recommended recharging station by the at least one battery electric vehicle provides a more even distribution of the anticipated electrical loads on the electrical grid system than actual usage of a recharging station that is closest to the current location, wherein the recommended recharging station has more recharge capacity than the recharging station that is closest to the current location of the at least one battery electric vehicle.

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