Patent ID: 9744873
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: B60L,Y02E,Y02T,Y04S

Claim:
1. A method for charging a battery of a vehicle including at least one electric power train, the battery adapted to supply electrical energy to the electric power train, comprising: predicting, by a processing unit within the vehicle, an existing charging location for charging the battery after at least one next trip of the vehicle, wherein the predicted existing charging location is based, at least in part, on traffic data and load on a power grid; transmitting, by a transmitter, the predicted existing charging location to the power grid; receiving, at the processing unit, a plurality of energy rates from the power grid based on the transmitted predicted existing charging location; reserving, with the processing unit, the predicted existing charging location at a desired energy rate; coupling the battery, by a plug-in connector, to the power grid at the predicted existing charging location; and providing power to charge the battery by the plug-in connector at the reserved desired energy rate.