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

Claim 7:
8. 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 and a first fee;
compare the first fee with an amount of funds in the customer account associated with the first customer;
transmit, in response to the amount of funds in the customer account associated with the first customer exceeding the first fee, 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 instruct the memory to transfer funds from the customer account associated with the first customer to at least one customer account associated with 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.