Patent ID: 11912151
Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 19:
20. An electric vehicle (EV) chassis, comprising:
a direct current (DC) energy storage system operable to be mechanically and electrically removed from the EV chassis, the energy storage system including a high-voltage battery, at least one power port connected with the high-voltage battery, at least one communication port, and a controller;
responsive to the DC energy storage system being mechanically and electrically removed from the EV chassis:
the at least one power port is operable to be electrically connected to an external power port located on a second EV chassis, wherein the external power port is connected to an external high-voltage battery within the second EV chassis;
the at least one communication port is operable to be connected and transmit data that includes operating characteristics of the high-voltage batter and the external high-voltage battery with an external communication port located on the second EV chassis; and
the controller being operable to:
responsive to the at least one power port being connected to the external power port, control DC electrical energy transferred between the at least one power port and the external power port to generate a combined DC electrical energy output that is operably provided to an external source; and
responsive to the at least one communication port being connected to the external communication port, transmit the data between the at least one communication port and the external communication port to control generation of the combined DC electrical energy output.