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Application US20190217735

Published 2019-07-18

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.
10-20. (canceled)
21. An autonomous electric vehicle, comprising: an autonomy system configured to plan motion of the autonomous electric vehicle based, at least in part, on predicted position and movement of nearby detected objects and to navigate the autonomous electric vehicle with minimal human-driver intervention; one or more location sensors for determining a current location of the autonomous electric vehicle; an energy storage device located onboard the autonomous electric 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 autonomous electric vehicle and the current state of charge of the energy storage device to one or more remote computing devices located remotely from the autonomous electric 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 autonomous electric vehicle and the current state of charge of the energy storage device; coordinate with the autonomy system for maneuvering the autonomous electric vehicle to a charging location specified in location instructions of the charging control signal; and control charging of the energy storage device in accordance with the charging control signal.
29. A vehicle computing system comprising: one or more processors; and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media that store instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the vehicle computing system to perform operations, the operations comprising: communicating a current location of a vehicle to one or more remote computing devices located remotely from the vehicle; communicating a current state of charge of an energy storage device located onboard the vehicle to the one or more remote computing devices located remotely from the vehicle; communicating a current operational status of the vehicle to the one or more remote computing devices located remotely from the vehicle; receiving, from the one or more remote computing devices, a charging control signal determined, at least in part, from the current location of the vehicle, the current state of charge of the energy storage device, and the current operational status of the vehicle; and controlling charging of the energy storage device in accordance with the charging control signal.