Patent ID: 9088055
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: H01M,H02J,Y02E,Y02T,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a plug of a vehicle cover assembly having a plurality of photovoltaic cells and an inverter, the plug including an identification tag, the vehicle cover assembly being configured to be supported on a vehicle and to cover two or more of top, side, front, and back portions of the vehicle; reading, from the identification tag, identification data associated with a customer of a power company providing a power distribution system; contacting an account server associated with the power company; providing the identification data to the account server; receiving the alternating current from the inverter of the vehicle cover assembly, the inverter receiving power from the plurality of photovoltaic cells while power is generated by the photovoltaic cells; and directing the alternating current from the inverter though the plug to the power distribution system.