Patent ID: 11865938
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  Y | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A charging system for a battery powered vehicle, comprising;
a memory configured to maintain customer accounts;
a charging station; and
a processor configured to:
receive a request from a first customer at a charging station for a desired increase in rate of charge, the request including the desired increase in rate of charge and a first fee;
transmit the request to at least one other customer at the charging station in response to verification of the customer account associated with the first customer; and

instruct the charging station to increase the rate of charge for the first customer and decrease the rate of charge for the at least one other customer in response to the at least one other customer accepting the request;
the charging station charging a battery powered vehicle associated with the first customer according to the instruction.