One example provides an electric vehicle charging station including at least two AC-AC converters each providing an AC charging output, at least two AC-DC converters each providing a DC charging output, a plurality of electrical contacts, each controllably operable between an open and a closed position and disposed in electrical pathways between the AC-AC converters and at least charging plug and between the AC-DC converters and the at least one charging plug, and a controller to control the positions of the electrical contacts to selectively provide the AC charging output of each of the at least two AC-AC converters to the at least one charging plug or to provide the DC charging output of each of the at least two DC-DC converters to the at least one charging plug to provide dual AC or DC charging of an electric vehicle to be charged via the at least one charging plug.
ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE WITH DUAL CHARGING
15.08.2024
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B60L PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES , Antrieb von elektrisch angetriebenen Fahrzeugen |
Electric vehicle charging method and electric vehicle charging station
Europäisches Patentamt | 2021
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