Electric vehicle emergency recharge assistance
US8862404B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Grant date | Oct 14, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 13, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01C21/3438
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system and method for obtaining an emergency recharge in an electric vehicle is provided. The system may leverage a network of electric vehicle owners and drivers to facilitate a peer-to-peer emergency recharge of an electric vehicle unable to reach a charging station before its energy storage device is depleted. A list of potential rescuers willing to provide portable charging assistance may be generated. Out-of-range rescue vehicles may be filtered from the list. The list of potential rescuers may then be sorted based on drive time to an intercept location. Potential rescuers from the list may be sequentially contacted according to the sort order until a request for portable charging assistance is accepted. Drivers of both the soon to be stranded vehicle and the rescue vehicle may receive route guidance from navigation systems to a mutually agreeable intercept location where the peer-to-peer emergency recharge can take place.
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