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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Leo Joseph Rosene, La Mesa, CA (US);
Ameen Al-Khafaji, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Courtney L'Arrivée, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Ian Kenneth McEachern, Allen Park, MI (US);
Benjamin Schoenleber, Southfield, MI (US);
Scott Scheraga, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes one or more controllers, programmed to responsive to receiving an indication of a destination, select a charger within a predefined geofence from the destination; responsive to detecting the vehicle becoming less than a predefined distance from the charger, calculate a proposed charging schedule based on a current state-of-charge (SOC) and a desired SOC; and join a queue for the charger with the proposed charging schedule.