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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2023
Applicant:
Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Norman Lu, Fairview, TX (US);
Maximilian Parness, Takoma Park, MD (US);
Assignees:
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US);
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/00 (2019.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); G06Q 30/0207 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B60L 53/665 (2019.02); G06Q 30/0224 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0631 (2013.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); B60L 2250/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example operation includes one or more of: determining a degradation of a battery of each vehicle in a group of electric vehicles, wherein the degradation is at a rate greater than a threshold; determining a return when the degradation is lowered; and providing a portion of the return to each of the vehicles in the group, wherein the portion is commensurate with the lowering.