Patent ID: 8042631
Filing Date: 2011-10-25
Classification: B60K,B60L,H02J,Y02E,Y02T,Y04S

Abstract:
1. An automotive vehicle comprising: a) at least one motive electric motor; b) a rechargeable electrical energy source for energizing said motive electric motor; c) an auxiliary power unit (APU) for recharging said electrical energy source when said vehicle is in automotive use; and d) a controller, wherein said vehicle includes a connector for connecting said vehicle to a stationary structure for supplying electric power from said APU to said stationary structure when said vehicle is automotively non-operational, wherein said stationary structure is connected to a regional electric supply grid and wherein said APU is connectable to said regional electric supply grid via said stationary structure, and wherein said controller is connected to said regional electric supply grid and to said APU, said controller being configured to maintain said APU in a hot stand-by mode and to bring said APU into electrical connection with said regional electric supply grid when said APU is needed to partly satisfy a power requirement of said regional electric supply grid.