Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Other

Ryan D Harty

Jeremy Whaling

John P Moon

Steve Mathison

Annika Elise Nordlund-Swenson

Robert Uyeki

Sruthi Raju Nadimpalli

An electric charge management device for a vehicle includes a display screen and circuitry. The circuitry sets a first threshold value for a first discharge level of a battery of the vehicle. The first discharge level is greater than a zero state of charge (SOC) of the battery. The circuitry sets a second threshold value for a second discharge level of the battery based on first information associated with the vehicle and/or a user of the vehicle. The circuitry determines a first energy cost for an energy amount between the second discharge level and a current SOC of the battery. The circuitry controls the vehicle to transfer the energy amount to an external electric power system, which is different from the electric charge management device, based on the determined first energy cost.

Electric charge management system and method for a vehicle

A system for battery electric vehicle driving analysis is provided. The system includes a vehicle including a plurality of sensors. The vehicle is configured to transmit a plurality of sensor information observed by the plurality of sensors. The system also includes a driver analysis computer device including at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device. The driver analysis computer device is programmed to receive the plurality of sensor information from the vehicle. The plurality of sensor information includes information for a plurality of days. The driver analysis computer device is also programmed to determine, for each day of the plurality of days, a daily driving distance of the vehicle based on the plurality of sensor information, compare the plurality of daily driving distances to a first threshold, and transmit one or more advertisements for a new vehicle based on the comparison.

System and methods for battery electric vehicle driving analysis

In an illustrative embodiment, and to remove overall peak demand, a dealership energy management system may include bi-directional charging devices that may be associated with inventory vehicles and output devices that may be associated with customer vehicles. Inventory may be processed and associated with days stored at the dealership. The inventory vehicles may be charged up to 60% during off-peak hours to provide charge to incoming customer vehicles during peak hours. The inventory vehicles may discharge down to 40%, while providing charge to the customer vehicles, before another vehicle within the inventory is selected to provide charge. Inventory vehicles may be charged and discharged based on the days stored at the dealership as well as whether those vehicles have been discharged below a threshold.

Dealership energy management system for charging incoming customer vehicles with inventory vehicles and method thereof

Disclosed is a simple, analytical method that can be utilized by hydrogen filling stations for directly and accurately calculating the end-of-fill temperature in a hydrogen tank that, in turn, allows for improvements in the fill quantity while tending to reduce refueling time. The calculations involve calculation of a composite heat capacity value, MC, from a set of thermodynamic parameters drawn from both the tank system receiving the gas and the station supplying the gas. These thermodynamic parameters are utilized in a series of simple analytical equations to define a multi-step process by which target fill times, final temperatures and final pressures can be determined. The parameters can be communicated to the station directly from the vehicle or retrieved from a database accessible by the station. Because the method is based on direct measurements of actual thermodynamic conditions and quantified thermodynamic behavior, significantly improved tank filling results can be achieved.

Method and system for tank refilling

A telematics-navigation device detects that a hybrid vehicle propelled by at least two energy sources is traveling to a destination not provided to the vehicle (i.e., an unknown destination). As the vehicle travels to the destination, the device identifies a road segment between a current position of the vehicle and a next road junction that vehicle is traveling towards. A control unit determines an optimization strategy for managing the energy sources of the vehicle as the vehicle travels the road segment. The control unit executes the determined strategy.

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Long Beach, CA, United States of America

Ryan D Harty