Patent ID: 8019483
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: B60L,H02J,Y02E,Y02T,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A method, implemented at least in part by a computer system, of managing the stored power of a plurality of vehicles connected to a power grid, comprising: determining location information for each of the plurality of vehicles connected to the power grid; determining that a demand for power in a first portion of the power grid has reached a power threshold; determining that the location information associated with a set of the plurality of vehicles satisfies a similarity threshold with the first portion of the power grid; transmitting a request to at least one vehicle of the set of vehicles to discharge power; receiving one or more responses from at least some of the electric vehicles to which a request was transmitted; wherein at least one of the one or more responses comprise information indicating a discharge of power; and determining whether to request a discharge of power from additional vehicles of the set of the plurality of vehicles based, at least in part, on the number of responses indicating a discharge of power.