摘要 |
<p>A charging station (100) for use with a hybrid vehicle (102) having at least one battery includes a communication interfce (104) configured to couple to the hybrid vehicle (102), a network interface (106) configured to communicate with at least one fuel vendor (112) and a utility (110), and a processor (116) coupled to the communication interface (104) and the network interface (106). The processor (116) is configured to receive fuel requirements from the hybrid vehicle (102) via the communication interface (104), receive a fuel price from the at least one fuel vendor (112) via the network interface (106) based on the fuel requirements, receive via the network interface (106) an energy price from the utility (110) that provides energy storable in the at least one battery, and calculate a price index for each of the at least one fuel vendor (112) and the utility (110).</p> |