A charge management device includes a communication unit that communicates with a terminal device of an operator who delivers a charger for charging a vehicle of a user to a location desired by the user and collects the charger, and a control unit that transmits a collection instruction that instructs collection of the charger to the terminal device via the communication unit based on charging information that indicates a state of charge to the vehicle from the charger.

Systems, methods, devices, and models for range estimation and analysis in battery powered vehicles are described. Energy consumption over vehicle trips is collected, to evaluate weighting factors for a weighted sum. The weighted sum is evaluated based on determined weighting factors and expected trip data, to determine an energy consumption of a trip or trips of a vehicle. Determined energy consumption for trips is used for evaluating suitability of the vehicle for performing the trips.

An unmanned flying object includes a battery remaining quantity acquirer that acquires a remaining quantity of a battery; an arrival decider that, when the unmanned flying object starts traveling from a first point at which the unmanned flying object is currently located to a second point through which the unmanned flying object passes next to the first point, decides whether the unmanned flying object can arrive at the second point, on the basis of an end time of a time zone in which the unmanned flying object is permitted to fly and the remaining quantity of the battery; and a flight controller that, if it is decided that the unmanned flying object can arrive at the second point, causes the unmanned flying object to depart for the second point.

A control section is configured to perform a high-degree abnormal state control in which the control section terminates a specified shifting step for shifting a vehicle to an operable state and shifts the vehicle to an operation inhibiting state when an operation checking section determines that the vehicle is in a predetermined high-degree abnormal state, and the control section is configured to perform a low-degree abnormal state control different from a normal state control without terminating the specified shifting step, when the operation checking section determines that the vehicle is in a predetermined low-degree abnormal state different from the predetermined high-degree abnormal state, and perform the normal state control, when the operation checking section determines that the vehicle has been restored from the predetermined low-degree abnormal state to a state in which the vehicle is operable normally.

The vehicle management device includes a drive unit for driving, a power storage device that can supply power to the drive unit, and a solar cell system that can generate electricity from a solar cell and supply it to the power storage device, and also supplies power to the outside of the vehicle. Vehicles that can be used. While the vehicle is parked, the vehicle management device sets an allowable power supply amount for the outside of the vehicle within the range of the predicted power generation amount of the solar cell until the next scheduled start time of the vehicle.

An electric vehicle charging system with smart charging plug is disclosed. In one example, the present disclosure provides an electric vehicle charging system and method having a smart charging plug, and an electric vehicle smart charging plug. The electric vehicle smart charging plug includes a plug element, a plug status output, and a plug control system. The plug control system receives the plug status output and provides an output control signal to the plug element based on the plug status output. A plug control component provides the plug status output to the plug control system. In one example, the plug control component is located on the smart changing plug. The smart charging plug can provide a variety of functions, including plug detector, plug sensor, charging metering and payment system functions.

A secondary connector of a power cable which is designed for electrical connection to a vehicle. The secondary connector includes a plug-in connector for detachable electrical connection to a power supply device, in particular a cable connection for detachable electrical connection to a coupling of the power cable, a limiting unit which is designed to limit an electric current flowing through the power cable to a maximum value, and an adjusting unit via which the maximum value can be adjusted.

A supply cable for electrically connecting an energy store of a vehicle to an energy supply device providing electrical energy. The supply cable includes a connecting line; a primary connector, which electrically coupled/couplable to the connecting line and has a vehicle connection for detachably electrically connecting to the energy store; a secondary connector, which is electrically coupled/couplable to the connecting line and is provided for detachably electrically connecting to the energy supply device. The supply cable has a detection apparatus configured to monitor the electrical current supplied by the energy supply device and detect an interruption of the supplied electrical current, and a limiting unit designed to limit an electrical current flowing through the supply cable to a maximum value. The detection apparatus is designed to transfer a limit value based on a current supplied prior to the detection of the interruption.

A server includes a processor configured to: acquire a starting position where a user starts to use a moving object including a rechargeable secondary battery, and a destination of the user; estimate a power amount for the moving object to move from the starting position to the destination; determine whether or not power of the secondary battery is consumed at the destination; increase the power amount when the power of the secondary battery is consumed at the destination; and charge the moving object to the power amount.

An electrically driven vehicle contains a current collector for supplying electrical energy from a bipolar overhead line system. The collector has an articulated support rod, which bears, on the contact wire side, a contact collector having a contact strip, and which is coupled, on the vehicle side, to a lift drive for positioning the support rod and for pressing the contact collector to a contact wire of the overhead wire system, a detection device for detecting a lateral position of a contact point of the contact wire on the contact strip and a driver assistance system for executing an automatic steering intervention as a function of the detected lateral position of the contact point. The vehicle has increased availability for a feed of electrical energy from the overhead line system in that the contact strip is supported on the contact collector via at least two spring elements.