US 11,987,145 B2
Fleet electrification management
Mohammad Balali, San Francisco, CA (US); David J. Klein, San Francisco, CA (US); Anna Bailey, San Francisco, CA (US); Brian Bowen, San Francisco, CA (US); Silas M. Toms, San Francisco, CA (US); and Praveen Mandal, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to VOLTA CHARGING, LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Volta Charging, LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/932,631.
Application 17/932,631 is a continuation of application No. 17/882,481, filed on Aug. 5, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/229,869, filed on Aug. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0045381 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.01); B60L 53/63 (2019.01); B60L 53/64 (2019.01); B60L 53/67 (2019.01); H02J 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 53/63 (2019.02) [B60L 53/305 (2019.02); B60L 53/64 (2019.02); B60L 53/67 (2019.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
determining, by a computerized system that comprises one or more processors, a composition of electric vehicles (EVs) to replace at least a portion of non-electric vehicles in a vehicle fleet while satisfying travel requirements of the vehicle fleet;
estimating, by the computerized system, an average power demand of the composition of EVs based at least in part on a duration of a practical charging window, wherein the practical charging window corresponds to remaining time between consecutive shifts in which EVs are available to be charged;
determining, by the computerized system, an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) charging infrastructure to meet the estimated average power demand; and
providing, by the computerized system, one or more recommendations including at least one of: a fleet electrification recommendation for transitioning the vehicle fleet into the composition of EVs, or a charging infrastructure recommendation for implementing the EVSE charging infrastructure.