Electric vehicle fleet charging system

摘要

An electric vehicle charging system comprises one or more system power and control modules (SPCM) and vehicle charging stations (VCS); wherein the SPCM distributes power from a power source to the VCS, and the VCS distributes power to one or more electric vehicles. Another electric vehicle charging system comprises an SPCM, VCS, a fleet management system (FMS) for monitoring and controlling the charging system, and a communications network for sharing information. A system for managing a plurality of electric vehicles comprises a plug-in module configured to collect and store information from an on-board diagnostics system of at least one of the plurality of electric vehicles, management software, a communications network, and a smart device software application for displaying system information. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for supporting a management system for a plurality of electric vehicles to extract, organize, and display information from the management system.

主权项

1. A system for managing a plurality of electric vehicles, the system comprising:
a plug-in module that connects to an on-board computer system of at least one of the plurality of electric vehicles, the plug-in module configured to collect and store data collected from the at least one of the plurality of electric vehicles in real-time while the at least one of the plurality of electric vehicles is in operation; a first software application that manages, monitors, and controls electric vehicle driver registrations, rental checkouts, rental returns, billing, costs, carbon emissions, and additional parameters associated with the plurality of electric vehicles; a second software application that executes on a smart device, the second software application comprising a user interface for displaying electric vehicle driver registrations, rental checkouts, rental returns, billing, costs, carbon emissions, and additional parameters associated with the plurality of electric vehicles; a communications network to communicate among the plug-in module, the first software application, the smart device executing the second software application and a utility providing electric vehicle charging energy, the communications network having a first communications link between the plug-in module and the first software application, a second communications link between the first software application and the smart device executing the second software application, a third communications link between the smart device executing the second software application and the plug-in module, and a fourth communications link between the first software application and the utility providing electric vehicle charging energy; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium residing in the plug-in module that stores computer executable instructions supporting the system, the computer-executable instructions comprising computer code that extracts information items from the one or more of the plurality of electric vehicles in real-time, wirelessly transmits the information items to the first software application, and wirelessly transmits the information items to the smart device executing the second software application.