Methodologies for implementing smart control of vehicle charging

摘要

The described method and system provide for remotely controlling the charging operation of plurality of vehicles. In one implementation, a call center may receive a request from a utility regarding a particular grid and sends out an inquiry to locate vehicles in that grid. Once the vehicles have been located, the call center sends a command to those vehicles corresponding to the utility's request. In another implementation, vehicles may register information with the call center every time a charging event takes place, and the call center keeps track of the location of each vehicle based on the registration. When the call center receives a request from a utility, the call center may directly send out commands to vehicles based on the request. In other implementations, vehicle charging may be remotely controlled through the call center by consumers, the utility, or a home energy management system (HEMS). The charging control may further be customized based on a variety of information and preferences provided to the call center by the consumer, utility, or HEMS.

主权项

1. A method for remotely controlling charging of vehicle batteries via a telematics service provider, the method comprising:
receiving, at a call center of the telematics services provider, a request from a utility to reduce load on a power grid associated with the utility; identifying, by the call center, vehicles being charged by the power grid, wherein identifying the vehicles being charged by the power grid comprises receiving a message from a vehicle indicating which power grid the vehicle is connected to, wherein the message further comprises charging-related information, which includes at least one of the group consisting of: a charge level, rate of charge, fill up time, and expected ready-by time associated with the at least one vehicle; and sending, by the call center, a command to one or more of the identified vehicles to modify charging behavior so as to reduce the load on the power grid, wherein the command is sent to a telematics unit of each of the one or more identified vehicles.