| CPC G05B 13/024 (2013.01) [B60L 53/62 (2019.02); B60L 53/63 (2019.02); B60L 55/00 (2019.02); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); H02J 13/00002 (2020.01); B60K 6/28 (2013.01); B60L 2240/54 (2013.01); B60L 2240/62 (2013.01); B60L 2240/66 (2013.01); B60L 2240/68 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/91 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/91 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |
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1. A vehicle-grid integration (VGI) management system comprising:
one or more computer storage media including data associated with a plurality of vehicles in a vehicle group including a first vehicle and computer-executable instructions; and
one or more processors configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:
determine use of a power grid by the vehicle group, including use of the power grid by the first vehicle;
account for the use of the power grid by the first vehicle in a dual multi-part rate structure including:
a grid account portion representative of an underlying relationship between the first vehicle and the power grid,
a group account portion representative of an underlying relationship between the vehicle group and the first vehicle,
a consumption portion representative of a volume of electricity drawn from the power grid by the first vehicle over a predetermined time period,
a supply portion representative of a volume of electricity delivered to the power grid by the first vehicle over the predetermined time period,
a demand portion representative of an upper threshold of electricity drawn from the power grid by the first vehicle over the predetermined time period, and
a capacity portion representative of an upper threshold of electricity delivered to the power grid by the first vehicle over the predetermined time period;
analyze the use of the power grid by the vehicle group and one or more service parameters to select, from the plurality of vehicles in the vehicle group, the first vehicle;
use the one or more service parameters to generate one or more instructions for use in selectively operating the first vehicle; and
execute the one or more instructions to direct the first vehicle to at least one of draw electricity from the power grid and deliver electricity to the power grid.
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