Self-balancing groups are introduced as a feature of managed charging of electric vehicles in order to avoid overloading of elements of the transmission grid, such as transformers, by use of a load forecast signal. In a self-balancing managed charge system, each vehicle is assigned to a vehicle…
A system and method for optimizing charge time for a vehicle may include a controller that is capable of communicating with a charger for a vehicle and also with an external device. The controller may receive a user alarm time set by a user, determine an estimated charge time based at least in part…
A power transfer control system and method include obtaining charge characteristics of multiple different charging options for charging an energy storage module onboard a vehicle system. The charge characteristics may include energy efficiency factors of the charging options and usage constraints…
Embodiments relate to a system and method for discharging based on monetization opportunity. The system is operable to establish communication with one or more charging stations at a geographical location; receive, from the one or more charging stations, a monetary value associated with at least…
System and method for efficient charge management of an electric vehicle. Historical usage data of the electric vehicle is used to forecast usage patterns and to determine optimal charging schedules according to the forecasted usage patterns and considering factors like charging costs and…
Total charging time to charge an EV from a starting SOC to a target SOC is determined based on vehicle related data. Home energy usage of a home in an EV availability time window is also determined based on home related data. EV idle power consumptions for an EV charging mode, an EV discharging…
Disclosed is a charging optimization method and system for a new energy vehicle. The system comprises: an acquisition module, an interaction module, a first processing module, a second processing module, a control module, and a storage module. The acquisition module is configured to obtain data…
A vehicle charging optimization system including a transceiver and a processor is disclosed. The transceiver may be configured to receive a trigger signal from a user device associated with a user. The processor may be configured to render a communication interface on the user device responsive to…
A charging control system for a fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) includes a set of sensors configured to monitor (i) an output voltage of a high voltage battery system of the FCEV and (ii) a set of constraints on an output power of a fuel cell system of the FCEV, wherein the fuel cell system is…
Disclosed is a method for scheduling charging and discharging. The method includes: obtaining vehicle information about multiple electric vehicles, which includes departure time and state of charging with each electric vehicle corresponding to a charge-discharge device; obtaining system information…
Operating procedure and system used to optimise costs in the charging process of an electric vehicle, in combination with the consumption of a home or similar, the management of auxiliary batteries, and the production of solar energy from the processing of external information, and the action on…
Systems and methods for optimizing transportation efficiency, for example, in the context of energy shortages. Techniques described herein may involve determining a high-price threshold is exceeded, identifying different vehicle types (e.g., high-efficiency vehicles, large battery capacity…
A bilevel coordinated optimization method for fixed and mobile charging facilities on highways, includes: constructing an optimization model framework which includes an upper-layer coordinated location optimization model and a lower-layer coordinated capacity optimization model, where the…
An energy facility, such as a charge station operable for charging electrified vehicles, includes a controller. The controller selects from a group of energy management solutions which achieve favorable energy management activities with a same price of operation of the energy facility, an energy…
A power allocation method includes monitoring at least one first device that can be recharged by a vehicle, monitoring at least one second device that can be electrically powered by the vehicle, and adjusting a charging of the at least one first device based on an operation of the at least one…
A received electric power reduction information calculation apparatus (corresponding to an example of a received energy reduction information calculation apparatus) has an energy predictor and a reduction information calculator. The energy predictor predicts a prediction amount of at least one of…
When warming-up of a battery is in progress (S12), a battery charge state at the warming-up start time of the battery is set to a battery hold capacity SOC(S14, S15), and a charge power for the battery is controlled so that a battery charge state SOC is kept at SOC. When a present time is in a…
A main computer 60 includes an arrival determination section 62 which determines, on the basis of present location information of a vehicle V, destination information, and electric energy remaining amount information, whether the vehicle V can reach the destination from the present location in such…
The method involves determining momentary energy prices in an electricity supply network (6) by a battery charging system (1). A charging process of a traction battery (3) is performed by the battery charging system depending on the momentary energy prices and/or temporal changes of the momentary…
The method involves sending a start signal that represents initiation of a charging process from a charging station to a service unit. Electrical charging voltage is applied for executing a charging process, and an energy storage of an electrically operable vehicle is charged with charge current. A…
In an information display system (1) for a vehicle, an information receiving section (2, 3, 6) receives positional information indicative of a present vehicle position and destination information indicative of a destination of the vehicle to derive a recommended route. A travel distance calculating…