摘要 |
A charging station for use with a hybrid vehicle having at least one battery includes a communication interface configured to couple to the hybrid vehicle, a network interface configured to communicate with at least one fuel vendor and a utility, and a processor coupled to the communication interface and the network interface. The processor is configured to receive fuel requirements from the hybrid vehicle via the communication interface, receive a fuel price from the at least one fuel vendor the said network interface based on the fuel requirements, receive via the network interface an energy price from the utility that provides energy storable in the at least one battery, and calculate a price index for each of the at least one fuel vendor and the utility. |