US 11,840,155 B2
Battery preconditioning management for vehicles of a distributed network
Ethan Shaotran, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to BP PULSE FLEET NORTH AMERICA INC., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by BP PULSE FLEET NORTH AMERICA INC., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/365,942.
Prior Publication US 2023/0001818 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B60L 58/24 (2019.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.01); B60L 53/62 (2019.01)
CPC B60L 53/66 (2019.02) [B60L 53/305 (2019.02); B60L 53/62 (2019.02); B60L 58/24 (2019.02); H02J 7/00032 (2020.01); B60L 2240/80 (2013.01); B60L 2260/44 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling battery preconditioning in a vehicle, the method comprising:
determining a first preconditioning characteristic of a first battery of a first vehicle relative to a charging station;
transmitting the first preconditioning characteristic to a second vehicle;
receiving, from the second vehicle, a second preconditioning characteristic of a second battery relative to the charging station;
comparing the first preconditioning characteristic and the second preconditioning characteristic to determine a preconditioning ranking for the first vehicle and the second vehicle; and
determining a queue of the first and second vehicles for the charging station using the preconditioning ranking of the first and second vehicles.