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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 17, 2021
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);

Ryan O'Gorman, Beverly Hills, MI (US);

Timothy Harris, Grosse Ile, MI (US);

Peter Phung, Windsor, CA;

Katherine Howard-Cone, Canton, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 58/14 (2019.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/202 (2013.01); B60L 58/14 (2019.02); G01C 21/3469 (2013.01); G08G 1/205 (2013.01); B60L 2260/52 (2013.01); B60L 2260/54 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer is programmed to allocate a plurality of electric vehicles with associated electric machines to locations to perform tasks based on the charges of the electric vehicles and electric machines and expected energy consumptions of the electric vehicles traveling to the locations and of the electric machines performing the tasks at the locations; and in response to a sum of the charges of a first electric vehicle and the electric machines associated with the first electric vehicle being less than a sum of the expected energy consumptions of the first electric vehicle traveling to a first location and of the electric machines associated with the first electric vehicle performing the tasks at the first location, instruct a second electric vehicle to travel to a second location at which the first electric vehicle will be located.


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