System and Method for Managing the Consumption and Discharging of Power of Electric Vehicles
First Claim
1. A method of managing the fees associated with a vehicle, comprising:
- determining a first location at which the vehicle is connected to the power grid for charging;
determining the amount of power consumed by the vehicle over a time period during which the vehicle is connected to the power grid at the first location;
determining a first consumer associated with the vehicle;
determining a first power customer associated with the first location;
crediting the first power customer a credit amount that is based on the amount of power consumed; and
debiting the first consumer a debit amount that is based on the amount of power consumed.
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Abstract
A system and method for managing the stored power of a plurality of vehicles connected to the power grid is provided. In one embodiment the method includes determining location information of each of the plurality of vehicles connected to the power grid, determining that a demand for power in a portion of the power grid has reached a power threshold, determining that the location information associated with a set of the plurality of vehicles satisfies a similarity threshold with the portion of the power grid, determining that a subset of the set of vehicles has stored power that satisfies a power availability threshold, and transmitting a command to at least one vehicle of the subset of vehicles to discharge power onto the power grid. The portion of the power grid may comprise a medium voltage power line or a substation.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of managing the fees associated with a vehicle, comprising:
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determining a first location at which the vehicle is connected to the power grid for charging; determining the amount of power consumed by the vehicle over a time period during which the vehicle is connected to the power grid at the first location; determining a first consumer associated with the vehicle; determining a first power customer associated with the first location; crediting the first power customer a credit amount that is based on the amount of power consumed; and debiting the first consumer a debit amount that is based on the amount of power consumed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of managing the fees associated with the power supplied by a vehicle, comprising:
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determining an amount of electric power discharged by a vehicle; determining a first consumer associated with the vehicle; determining a power customer associated with a location at which the vehicle discharged power; crediting the first consumer a credit amount based on the amount of power discharged by the vehicle; and debiting the power customer a debit amount based on the amount of power discharged by the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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12. The method according to claim 12, wherein the location information is determined by a navigation system located in the vehicle.
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18. A method of managing the fees associated with the power supplied to a vehicle, comprising:
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determining an amount of electric power supplied to the vehicle; determining a first consumer associated with the vehicle; determining a power customer associated with a location at which the vehicle was supplied power; debiting the first consumer a debit amount based on the amount of power supplied to the vehicle; and crediting the power customer a credit amount based on the amount of power supplied to the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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