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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2016
Swiftmile, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Keith Edward Moravick, Mountain View, CA (US);
Colin Aidan Roche, San Mateo, CA (US);
Swiftmile, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are described for operating an interconnected network of autonomous battery powered electric vehicle (BEV) charging stations that maintain fully charged BEVs, for real-time self-guided exchange or rental with little down-time to a user. By locking or otherwise disabling low charge or uncharged vehicles until the vehicle charging is complete, users are assured they are getting a vehicle that has enough charge to get them to their destination. The user can view all available vehicles and their locations using a wireless mobile device on the system network and, with appropriate permissions, reserve and unlock any available vehicle via wireless networking. The locations in a ride share system of docking hubs with electrical power for re-charging BEVs is determined by the commute needs (particularly last mile commute needs) of users of the ride share system as they subscribe to the ride share program which utilizes the system.