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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2020
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Katherine Howard-Cone, Plymouth, MI (US);
Justin Carmen Campanaro, Ferndale, MI (US);
Farshad Harirchi, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Devang Bhalchandra Dave, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a controller that sends a charge request defining a charge location to a charge donor vehicle for vehicle-to-vehicle charging, responsive to not detecting a charge cable that satisfies the charge request in the vehicle and the charge donor vehicle, sends a borrow request including the charge location to a charge cable donor vehicle, and responsive to confirmation from the charge donor vehicle and charge cable donor vehicle, directs the vehicle to drive to the charge location.