A method of charging a battery in a vehicle, the method comprising: controlling, by a controller, battery charging from a power source external to the vehicle, charging the battery to a state of charge (SOC), wherein the SOC is based on: cost of electricity, source of electricity, battery health, battery temperature, electrical grid voltage, electrical grid frequency, and/or utility incentives. Generally, the vehicle charges more on good days so it can charge less on bad days, and charges less on bad days so it can charge more on good days.
Using Electric Vehicles for Long Term Energy Storage
2020-10-01
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60L PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES , Antrieb von elektrisch angetriebenen Fahrzeugen |
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