Patent ID: 8143842

Claim:
A system for controllably providing power to recharge a plurality of vehicles, each of which includes a propulsion system powered, at least in part, by electric power, at least some of which is stored onboard the vehicle in an electric power storage apparatus, comprising: an Electric Grid Interconnect which is connected to a source of electric power for providing electric power to an electric power storage apparatus which is located in each vehicle; a plurality of electric outlets, each of which is connected to said Electric Grid Interconnect via a conductive path and to one of said plurality of vehicles, to enable a flow of electric power from said source of electric power to said electric power storage apparatus located in said one vehicle; and wherein said Electric Grid Interconnect comprises a load manager, comprising: a load calculator, responsive to receipt of electric power load data from said vehicles, for determining a present electric power load presented by said vehicles, a dynamic load adjustor, responsive to receipt of updated electric power load data from a vehicle, for submitting said received updated electric power load data to said load calculator, comprising: a difference calculator for computing a difference between said received updated electric power load data and the electric power load data from said vehicle used to compute said present electric power load, a threshold calculator for determining if said difference exceeds a predetermined threshold, and a load controller, responsive to said determined present electric power load for enabling a subset of said plurality of vehicles to receive a flow of electric power from said source of electric power.