CPC B60L 53/305 (2019.02) [B60L 53/31 (2019.02); B60L 53/51 (2019.02); B60L 53/66 (2019.02); B60L 53/67 (2019.02); H02J 3/381 (2013.01); H02S 20/30 (2014.12); H02J 2300/24 (2020.01)] | 21 Claims |
1. An apparatus for facilitating an electric vehicle (EV) group charging event, the apparatus comprising:
a plurality of EV chargers configured to be coupled with an energy source; and
a computing device coupled with the plurality of EV chargers, wherein:
the plurality of EV chargers are configured to simultaneously charge a plurality of EVs associated with a plurality of EV users;
the apparatus is a mobile apparatus;
the computing device is configured to be communicatively coupled to a server over a wide area network (WAN);
the server is configured for determining a first EV user to invite to the EV group charging event based on user data received from a plurality of home-based EV chargers over the WAN, wherein the user data comprises EV energy usage; and
the computing device is further configured for controlling the plurality of EV chargers based on the user data.
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