GB2621739A - System for charging electric vehicles (EVS) and related methods - Google Patents

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GB2621739A
GB2621739A GB2317436.0A GB202317436A GB2621739A GB 2621739 A GB2621739 A GB 2621739A GB 202317436 A GB202317436 A GB 202317436A GB 2621739 A GB2621739 A GB 2621739A
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Abstract

System for charging Electric Vehicles (EVs) and Related Method There is disclosed a computer-based system for managing energy supply and demand at an EV charging facility, which charging facility may comprise a plurality of EV charge points. The system comprises a data capture module configured to receive data representative of a number of EVs, including EV charge status and EV location. An energy supply and demand processing unit determines a subgroup of the EVs and corresponding prospective customers based on said received data. An EV charge offer module is configured to issue EV charge offers for the benefit of the EV customers in the subgroup. These EV charge offers each include at least a proposed EV charge time and may also include an allocated EV charge point. In this way, not only utilisation of the EV charging facility may be optimised but customer demand and EV autonomy are advantageously managed. 1

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CLAIMS:
1. A system for managing energy supply and demand at an EV charging facility, the system comprising: a data capture module configured to receive data representative of: a) a plurality of EVs corresponding to a plurality of respective prospective customers of the EV charging facility; b) corresponding EV charge levels; c) corresponding EV locations; and d) energy supply availability at the EV charging facility; an energy supply and demand processing unit programmed to determine a subgroup of said plurality of EVs and corresponding prospective customers based on said received data; and, an EV charge offer module, the EV charge offer module being configured to issue EV charge offers to said prospective customers subgroup, wherein said EV charge offers each include at least a proposed EV charging time at the EV charging facility.
2. A system according to claim 1 , wherein the data capture module is configured to further receive reservation confirmations corresponding to one or more of said EV charge offers; optionally, wherein said reservation confirmations are customer generated.
3. A system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the data capture module is configured to further receive customer generated reservation requests; optionally, wherein said customer generated reservation requests include one or more of: a desired EV charging facility site; a desired date and/or time of arrival; a required connector type; a required minimum charging rate; optionally, wherein said customer generated reservation requests, before being received by the data capture module, are stored in a soft reservation database.
4. A system according to claim 2 and/or 3, wherein the energy supply and demand processing unit is further programmed to issue one or more reservations of one or more EV charging points provided at the EV charging facility based on said reservation confirmations or requests; optionally, wherein the energy supply and demand processing unit is further programmed to calculate respective estimated times of arrival (ETAs) in connection with said EV subgroup, and to assign different reservation statuses to said reservations based on said ETAs; alternatively, wherein the data capture module is further configured to receive data representative of said respective ETAs in connection with said EV subgroup; optionally, wherein said reservation statuses comprise a firmed reservation status corresponding to an ETA below a predetermined first time period; optionally, wherein said reservation statuses comprise a confirmed reservation status corresponding to an ETA below a predetermined second time period, wherein the second time period is shorter than the first time period.
5. A system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the data capture module is configured to further receive data representative of e) EV journey, wherein said EV journey data may comprise data representative of any one or more of: a battery charging state; a power input, such as an instant or average power input; a power output, such as an instant or average power output; a remaining driving range; a direction, such as a direction relative to the EV charging facility; a speed, such as an instant or average speed; and an identifier of either the EVs, such as a Vehicle Identification Number, or of a telematics device attached to the EVs.
6. A system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the energy supply and demand processing unit is programmed to include any one or more of the EVs and corresponding prospective customers in said subgroup: if the EV locations of said one or more EVs are within a geographical region disposed around the EV charging facility; and/or, if the EV charge levels of said one or more EVs are below an upper charge level threshold and/or above a lower charge level threshold.
7. A system according to claim 6, wherein the energy supply and demand processing unit is further programmed to define said geographical region by one or more of: a radial distance from the EV charging facility; one or more lines defined by one or more respective roads; and, an isochrone relative to the EV charging facility; and/or, wherein the energy supply and demand processing unit is further programmed to define said upper and lower charge level thresholds.
8. A system according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the energy supply and demand processing unit is further programmed to adapt said geographical region and/or said upper and lower charge level thresholds to the data received by the data capture module.
9. A system according to claim 6, 7 or 8 when depending from claim 2, wherein the energy supply and demand processing unit is programmed to adapt, or further adapt, said geographical region and/or said upper and lower charge level thresholds to said reservation confirmations.
10. A system according to any one of claims 6 to 9 when depending from claim 3, wherein the energy supply and demand processing unit is programmed to adapt, or further adapt, said geographical region and/or said upper and lower charge level thresholds to said user generated reservation requests.
11 A system according to any one of claims 6 to 10 when depending from claim 4, wherein the energy supply and demand processing unit is programmed to adapt, or further adapt, said geographical region and/or said upper and lower charge level thresholds to said reservations of the one or more EV charging points provided at the EV charging facility.
12. A system according to any preceding claim, wherein said proposed EV charge time comprises a proposed EV charge time or time interval within which an EV charge operation is to be started and/or completed.
13. A system according to any preceding claim, wherein said EV charge offers comprise one or more allocated EV charge offers that specify one or more EV charge points provided at the EV charging facility.
14. A system according to any preceding claim, wherein the EV charge offers comprise one or more incentivised EV charge offers that specify at least one incentive for the customer to accept said incentivised EV charge offers.
15. An app for communicating with a system according to any one of the previous claims, the app being configured: to send to the data capture module data representative of an EV corresponding to a prospective customer of the EV charging facility, EV charge level and EV location; and, to receive from the EV charge offer module one or more EV charge offers.
16. An app according to claim 15, wherein the app is further configured: to generate one or more reservation confirmations for sending to the data capture module; optionally, wherein said one or more reservation confirmations are user generated.
17. An app according to claim 15 or 6, wherein the applet is further configured: to generate one or more user generated reservation requests for sending to the data capture module.
18 An app according to claim 15, 16 or 17, wherein the app is further configured: to output to the customer the one or more received EV charge offers and/or reservations of the one or more EV charging points at the EV charging facility based on said one or more received EV charge offers.
19. An EV charging facility comprising a system according to any one of claims 1 to 14.
20. A network comprising two or more EV charging facilities, the network comprising a system according to any one of claims 1 to 14, wherein the data capture module is configured to receive data representative of energy availability at the two or more EV charging facilities and wherein said EV charge offers issued by the EV charge offer module each further include at least a proposed EV charging facility of the two or more EV charging facilities.
21. A method of managing energy supply and demand at an EV charging facility, the method comprising: receiving data representative of: a) a plurality of EVs corresponding to a plurality of respective prospective customers of the EV charging facility; b) corresponding EV charge levels; c) corresponding EV locations; and, d) energy supply availability at the EV charging facility; determining a subgroup of said plurality of EVs and corresponding prospective customers based on said received data; and, issuing EV charge offers to said prospective customers subgroup, wherein said charge offers each include at least a proposed EV charge time at the EV charging facility.
22. A method according to claim 21, wherein the method further comprises: receiving reservation confirmations based on said EV charge offers, which can optionally be user generated reservation confirmations based on said EV charge offers, or user generated reservation requests; and, reserving one or more EV charge points provided at the EV charging facility based on said reservation confirmations and/or reservation requests.
23. A method of managing energy supply and demand at a network of two or more EV charging facilities, the method comprising: receiving data representative of: a) a plurality of EVs corresponding to a plurality of respective prospective customers of the EV charging facility; b) corresponding EV charge levels; c) corresponding EV locations; and, d) energy supply availability at each of the two or more EV charging facility; determining a subgroup of said plurality of EVs and corresponding prospective customers based on said received data; and, issuing EV charge offers to said prospective customers subgroup, wherein said EV charge offers each include at least a proposed EV charge time relating to at least one of the two or more EV charging facilities.
24. Computer readable medium comprising instructions for performing a method according to claim 21, 22 or 23.
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