US 12,071,038 B2
Energy source balancer
Andrew Peterman, Pacifica, CA (US); Ben Villagra, Palo Alto, CA (US); Trent Warnke, Novi, MI (US); Brian Wang, San Francisco, CA (US); and Ryan Auker, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Rivian IP Holdings, LLC., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Rivian IP Holdings, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/811,611.
Prior Publication US 2024/0010099 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B60L 53/63 (2019.01); B60L 55/00 (2019.01); H02J 3/32 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 58/12 (2019.02) [B60L 53/63 (2019.02); B60L 55/00 (2019.02); H02J 3/322 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
one or more processors, coupled with memory, to:
predict, based at least in part on a state of charge of a battery of an electric vehicle, an amount of electricity to charge the battery of the electric vehicle in a time interval;
identify a charger connected to an electricity grid configured to provide the amount of electricity to charge the battery;
determine, based on an identity of the charger, a first quantity of renewable energy credits, each renewable energy credit representing a predefined amount of electricity, acquired incident to the amount of electricity obtained in the time interval;
determine a second quantity of the amount of electricity obtained in the time interval from one or more renewable energy sources of the electricity grid;
determine a first portion of the amount of electricity provided to the charger in the time interval, the first portion comprising the first quantity and the second quantity;
determine a second portion of the amount of electricity provided to the charger in the time interval via one or more non-renewable energy sources of the electricity grid, wherein the second portion corresponds to a difference between the amount of electricity and the first portion; and
generate, subsequent to the time interval, based at least in part on the second portion that corresponds to the difference between the amount of electricity provided to the charger in the time interval and the first portion of the amount of electricity provided via one or more renewable energy sources, an action configured to offset the second portion.