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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2017
Nextev Usa, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Austin L. Newman, San Jose, CA (US);
Rick Rajaie, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
NIO USA, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems of an autonomous vehicle and the operations thereof are provided. During travel of an autonomous vehicle, the autonomous vehicle, the autonomous vehicle can determine a charge is needed. Within the planned path of travel, the autonomous vehicle can determine when the autonomous vehicle may arrive at a charging station, what destinations are planned after reaching the charging station, the current temperature of the battery (and the temperature of the surroundings), the weather conditions at the charging station, etc. Based on these determinations and/or calculations, the autonomous vehicle can precondition the battery before the autonomous vehicle arrives at the charging station, for example, the autonomous vehicle starts cooling the battery at a quicker than normal rate so that the autonomous vehicle arrives at the charging station with the battery at the coldest possible temperature. The preconditioning allows the autonomous vehicle to charge at higher rate compared to charging without preconditioning.