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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2023
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Taiki Miyazaki, Nagoya, JP;
Masami Suganuma, Miyoshi, JP;
Hideki Tamoto, Toyota, JP;
Akinori Morishima, Naka-gun, JP;
Masakazu Motohashi, Nagoya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A server includes a storage storing data on chargers each configured to charge or discharge electric power to or from a vehicle with an electrical storage device, and a processor configured to send a user of the vehicle a message that makes a proposal to charge or discharge the vehicle by using at least one of the chargers when the vehicle travels toward a destination. The processor is configured to acquire, for each of the chargers, power supply and demand information on power demand or supply in a power grid of a region in which the charger is installed, extract a charger installed in a region with larger power demand or supply than another region from among the chargers based on predetermined information including the power supply and demand information, and send the message that makes a proposal to charge or discharge the vehicle by using the extracted charger.