METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE CHARGING OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20240067031A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-29

    申请号:US17822402

    申请日:2022-08-25

    IPC分类号: B60L53/66 B60L53/30 G06N20/00

    摘要: Methods and systems are provided for transmitting a charging recommendation from a cloud-based server to an electric vehicle (EV), where the charging recommendation includes preferred options for charging stations and/or charging times. In one example, a method comprises receiving, at a cloud-based charging recommendation system of an EV charging system, a set of battery charging parameters from the EV via a secure anonymous connection; determining a set of candidate charging stations for the EV, based on the received battery charging parameters; estimating sustainability, cost, and preference metrics for each candidate charging station; ranking the future charge events based on the sustainability, cost, and preference metrics; selecting one or more charge options for the EV from the ranked future charge events; generating the charging recommendation with the one or more charge options; and transmitting the charging recommendation to the EV via the secure anonymous connection.

    Vehicle charging system
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11485242B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-01

    申请号:US16682402

    申请日:2019-11-13

    摘要: A vehicle charging system includes a vehicle charge port having a first connector with one or more first magnets and a plurality of first terminals arranged in a first array. A charge station for the vehicle includes a support and a second connector attached to the support by an articulating mechanism that permits movement of the second connector relative to the support. The second connector has one or more second magnets and a plurality of second terminals arranged in a second array that matches the first array so that the first terminals are connectable to the second terminals when the first and second connectors aligned. The first and second magnets are arranged to move the second terminals, via the articulating mechanism, into alignment with first terminals when the first and second connectors are within a magnetic-coupling range.