Automatically selecting charging routine for an electric vehicle by balancing utility and user considerations
First Claim
1. An electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) charging system comprising:
- an EVSE charging station configured to be coupled to an electric vehicle (EV); and
an EVSE cloud server coupled to the EVSE charging station optionally via a charge management network,wherein the EVSE cloud server to automatically determine a charging routine for the EV based on historic rate and charge data of the EV and enable a user to interactively modify the charging routine in real-time,wherein the charging routine to provide one or more charging options to the user based on a desired trade-off between different charging cost structures,wherein the one or more charging options includes an option to charge that targets arbitraging charging activity and managing demand charge costs, andwherein the option to charge includes a first routine that both limits power of charging and delays charging, a second routine that prioritizes between limiting power of charging and delaying charging and a third routine that does not limit power of charging and does not delay charging.
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Abstract
An electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) charging system includes an EVSE charging station that is configured to be coupled to an electric vehicle (EV). The charging system further includes an EVSE cloud server coupled to the EVSE charging station optionally via a charge management network. The EVSE cloud server may automatically determine a charging routine for the EV based on historic rate and charge data of the EV and enable a user to interactively modify the charging routine in real-time. The charging routine may provide one or more charging options to the user based on a desired trade-off between different charging cost structures and the required time to charge the EV.
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17 Claims
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1. An electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) charging system comprising:
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an EVSE charging station configured to be coupled to an electric vehicle (EV); and an EVSE cloud server coupled to the EVSE charging station optionally via a charge management network, wherein the EVSE cloud server to automatically determine a charging routine for the EV based on historic rate and charge data of the EV and enable a user to interactively modify the charging routine in real-time, wherein the charging routine to provide one or more charging options to the user based on a desired trade-off between different charging cost structures, wherein the one or more charging options includes an option to charge that targets arbitraging charging activity and managing demand charge costs, and wherein the option to charge includes a first routine that both limits power of charging and delays charging, a second routine that prioritizes between limiting power of charging and delaying charging and a third routine that does not limit power of charging and does not delay charging. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of charging an electric vehicle (EV) with an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) charging station, the method comprising:
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automatically determining a charging routine for the EV based on historic rate and charge data of the EV with an EVSE cloud server coupled to the EVSE charging station optionally via a charge management network; enabling a user to interactively modify the charging routine in real-time; and providing one or more charging options to the user based on a desired trade-off between different charging cost structures via the charging routine, wherein the one or more charging options includes an option to charge that targets arbitraging charging activity and managing demand charge costs, and wherein the option to charge includes a first routine that both limits power of charging and delays charging, a second routine that prioritizes between limiting power of charging and delaying charging and a third routine that does not limit power of charging and does not delay charging. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium embodying computer program instructions which when executed by a cloud server in a demand response environment cause the cloud server to perform:
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automatically determining a charging routine for an electric vehicle (EV) based on historic rate and charge data of the EV, the cloud server coupled to an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) charging station optionally via a charge management network; enabling a user to interactively modify the charging routine in real-time; and providing one or more charging options to the user based on a desired trade-off between different charging cost structures via the charging routine, wherein the one or more charging options includes an option to charge that targets arbitraging charging activity and managing demand charge costs, and wherein the option to charge includes a first routine that both limits power of charging and delays charging, a second routine that prioritizes between limiting power of charging and delaying charging and a third routine that does not limit power of charging and does not delay charging. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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