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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2015
Recargo, Inc., Venice, CA (US);
Forrest North, Venice, CA (US);
Lucas Manfield, Venice, CA (US);
Armen Petrosian, Venice, CA (US);
Nick Wild, Venice, CA (US);
ReCargo, Inc., Venice, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for identifying available charging stations (e.g., charging stations available to be used by an electric vehicle) and/or determining travel routes for electric vehicles are described. In some embodiments, the systems and methods receive a request to find an available charging station, determine a state of charge for an electric vehicle associated with the request, identifies one or more available charging stations located within a suitable distance to the electric vehicle, the suitable distance based on the determined state of the charge for the electric vehicle, and present information to the electric vehicle, or an associated mobile device, that indicates the identified charging stations.