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Application US20180201148
Published 2018-07-19
Charge Control System For Mobile Energy Storage Fleet
Vehicle control systems can include one or more location sensors, an energy storage device, one or more charge sensors and one or more vehicle computing devices. The location sensor(s) can determine a current location of a vehicle, while the charge sensor(s) can determine a current state of charge of an energy storage device that can be located onboard the vehicle to provide operating power for one or more vehicle systems. The vehicle computing device(s) can communicate the current location of the vehicle and current state of charge of the energy storage device to a remote computing device, receive from the remote computing device a charging control signal determined, at least in part, from the current location of the vehicle and the current state of charge of the energy storage device, and control charging of the energy storage device in accordance with the charging control signal.
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- 1. A vehicle control system, comprising:
one or more location sensors for determining a current location of a vehicle; an energy storage device located onboard the vehicle and configured to provide operating power for one or more vehicle systems; one or more charge sensors configured to determine a current state of charge of the energy storage device; and one or more vehicle computing devices configured to:
communicate the current location of the vehicle and the current state of charge of the energy storage device to one or more remote computing devices located remotely from the vehicle;
receive, from the one or more remote computing devices, a charging control signal determined, at least in part, from the current location of the vehicle and the current state of charge of the energy storage device; and
control charging of the energy storage device in accordance with the charging control signal.
- 10. A computer-implemented method for controlling charge of a fleet of energy storage devices, comprising:
receiving, by one or more computing devices, current status indicators from a plurality of vehicles including energy storage devices; receiving, by the one or more computing devices, one or more electric grid signals indicating current status or power pricing information for an electric grid; determining, by the one or more computing devices, charging control signals for each of the plurality of vehicles, wherein the charging control signals are determined, at least in part, from the current status indicators of the vehicles and the one or more electric grid signals indicating current status or power pricing information for the electric grid; and providing, by the one or more computing devices, the charging control signals to the plurality of vehicles to control charging of the energy storage devices at the plurality of electric vehicles in accordance with the charging control signals.
- 16. A charging structure, comprising:
a plurality of charging stations, each charging station configured to electrically couple to an energy storage device for use with a fleet of vehicles; an energy transfer system configured to interface with the energy storage devices at each charging station and selectively charge the energy storage devices; a charge controller coupled to the energy transfer system and configured to:
determine, by one or more computing devices, a sensed state of charge for each energy storage device; and
control, by the one or more computing devices, charge of each energy storage device in accordance with one or more charging control signals, wherein the charging control signals are determined, at least in part, from the sensed state of charge for each energy storage device and one or more electric grid signals indicating current status or power pricing information for an electric grid.
