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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
May. 21, 2013
Tesla Motors, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Brennan Boblett, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nalinichandra Penke, Fremont, CA (US);
Miriam Vu, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kevin Hsieh, Redwood City, CA (US);
Roy Goldman, Cupertino, CA (US);
Thorsten Hayer, Burlingame, CA (US);
Scott Ira Kohn, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Tesla, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for automatically charging the battery pack of an electric vehicle in accordance with a set of location sensitive charging instructions is provided. Exemplary location sensitive charging instructions include preset charging schedules and preset charge level limits. Different charging schedules and different charge level limits may be preset for different charging stations and locations, thus allowing the user to preset the charging instructions for each of multiple locations where the user routinely charges their car. Default charging instructions are used at those charging stations and locations where a set of location sensitive charging instructions has not been preset.