Monitoring of power charging in vehicle

摘要

A energy meter unit for an electric vehicle contains energy measuring circuitry, a GPS unit, a CPU, and memory. The energy meter unit is capable of detecting the amount of energy charged at a specific location and storing that information for later uses, such as with a governmental incentive program.

主权项

1. An energy meter associated with charging an electric vehicle comprising;
a location-determining system for determining a current location of the vehicle; an energy meter for measuring a charge energy supplied to a battery on the vehicle, measuring energy stored by the battery and measuring energy lost during supply of charge energy; and a data transmission module capable of transmitting the measure of energy and the location via a wireless communication method.