Patent ID: 9153847
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: B60L,H01M,H02J,Y02B,Y02E,Y02T,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A charging station for a plug-in electric vehicle (PEV), comprising: an inverter including an inverter DC input operative to receive DC input power and an inverter AC output operative to provide AC output power to an AC power grid, the inverter being operable to convert the DC input power to the AC output power; a DC charger separate from the PEV, including: a controller operatively coupled with the DC charger to selectively switch the DC charger from the first mode to the second mode, wherein the controller is operable to receive an indicator from an external information source and to selectively switch the mode of the DC charger between the first and second modes based at least partially on the indicator, and wherein the indicator includes a grid status, where the controller selectively switches the charger to the second mode if the grid status is unstable.