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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Sujitha Krishna Devaraj, Troy, MI (US);
Josh Fodale, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Robert Hinh, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Adrian Kalinowski, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Rafi Odisho, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A charging system for a battery powered vehicle may include a memory configured to maintain customer accounts, and a processor configured to receive requests from a first customer at a charging station for an increased rate of charge, transmit the request to at least one other customer at the charging station in response to verification of the customer account associated with the first customer; and instruct the charging station to increase the rate of charge for the first customer and decrease the rate of charge for the at least one other customer in response to the at least one other customer accepting the request.