Patent ID: 8198859

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 said vehicles, to enable a flow of electric power from said source of electric power to said electric power storage apparatus located in said vehicles; and a load manager, responsive to receipt of electric power load data from said vehicles, for allocating electric power distribution and billing, comprising: load calculator, responsive to receipt of electric outlet identification and electric power load data from said vehicles, for determining a present electric power load served by said Electric Grid Interconnect, load management process selector, responsive to said determined present electric power load served by said Electric Grid Interconnect, for selecting the second vehicle connected to said outlets to output electric power on said conductive path for use by the first vehicle connected to said conductive path, and usage reconciler for billing an owner of a first vehicle for energy usage and also to credit an owner of a second vehicle for the energy usage billed to the owner of the second vehicle and delivered to the first vehicle.