An example vehicle charging method includes: obtaining a status of a first battery pack in a first mobile charging facility; in response to determining that the first battery pack is in a charging state or a fully charged state, obtaining a second state of energy sent by a second mobile charging facility, where the second mobile charging facility is charging a first vehicle, and the second state of energy is a state of energy of a second battery pack in the second mobile charging facility; and in response to at least that a first state of energy and the second state of energy meet a first preset condition, sending a first indication signal to the first mobile charging facility for indicating the first mobile charging facility to charge the first vehicle.

An example operation includes one or more of wirelessly notifying, via a charging station, at least one transport of a group of identified transports of a needed amount of energy stored in the at least one transport prior to the at least one transport being connected to the charging station.

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for energy management. A system, such as a vehicle, includes a plurality of energy storage units that include a supercapacitor and an electrochemical battery. The system includes plurality of energy storage units including a supercapacitor and an electrochemical battery, the supercapacitor comprising a plurality of selectable power sources, and an adder module including a processor. The processor is configured to execute instructions to control a sensor to measure power provided by at least one of the supercapacitor and the electrochemical battery, receive information identifying regenerated power from the regenerative power generator, and control at least one switch to provide at least a portion of the regenerated power to at least one of the supercapacitor and the electrochemical battery for charging.

A system comprises an acceleration information acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating an acceleration of a vehicle; a shaft output information acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating a shaft output of a rotating electrical machine; a position information acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating a position of the vehicle; and a determination unit configured to determine a state of a road on which the vehicle has run, based on the acceleration of the vehicle, the shaft output, and the position of the vehicle. A method comprises acquiring information indicating an acceleration of a vehicle; acquiring information indicating a shaft output of a rotating electrical machine; acquiring information indicating a position of the vehicle; and determining a state of a road on which the vehicle has run, based on the acceleration of the vehicle, the shaft output, and the position of the vehicle.

An electric power management system is a system that performs an exchange of electric power with an electric power system of an electric power company that is a counterparty of the exchange of the electric power, and includes a plurality of the vehicles, each including a battery, and a server that manages an exchange of the electric power between the battery of each of the vehicles and the electric power system. The server manages the exchange of the electric power for each vehicle group in which the vehicles are bundled, and configures the vehicle group in advance by bundling the vehicles having the same or similar electric power supply and demand characteristics of the battery.

A system for charging one or more batteries of a vehicle may include a charging box mounted to a vehicle to facilitate connection to a charge coupler from under the vehicle. The charge coupler may be configured to provide an electrical connection between an electrical power source and the charging box. A vehicle including the charging box may maneuver to a position above the charge coupler, after which electrical contacts of the charging box and the charge coupler may be brought into contact with one another. The charge coupler and/or the charging box may be configured to provide electrical communication between the electrical power source and the one or more batteries, so that the electrical power source may charge one or more of the batteries. Thereafter, the electrical contacts may be separated from one another, and the vehicle may maneuver away from the charge coupler.

A vehicle-mounted relay apparatus includes a control unit that controls relay of messages, whereby the control unit, when relaying an update program obtained from an external server to a vehicle-mounted ECU to be updated, relays the update program in a plurality of relay modes to be updated, the plurality of relay modes includes a first relay mode in which relay of a message between vehicle-mounted ECUs other than the vehicle-mounted ECU to be updated is prohibited and a second relay mode in which relay of a message between vehicle-mounted ECUs other than the vehicle-mounted ECU to be updated and a vehicle-mounted ECU related to a charge control apparatus is prohibited, and the control unit selects the first relay mode or the second relay mode based on a predetermined condition.

A vehicle scheduling system includes a server that, responsive to receiving a charge request for a vehicle, generate output identifying a list of business entities within a predefined maximum distance of a target charging station that are ranked according to a match with a user profile associated with the vehicle and an incentive offer from at least one of the business entities. The server also, responsive to receiving input selecting one of the business entities, place a reservation with the one of the business entities according to an estimated time of arrival of the vehicle at the one of the business entities.

Route management methods and systems for electric vehicles are provided. First, a driving monitoring system of an electric vehicle is used to detect a driving state of the electric vehicle. Then, the driving state is transmitted to the server via a network by the driving monitoring system. The server performs an analysis according to the driving state to obtain a driving behavior index of a driver corresponding to the electric vehicle. Then, a plurality of routes are provided in the server, wherein each route includes a plurality of stations, and average distance between two stations. The server selects one of the routes according to the driving behavior index, and assigns the selected route to the driver of the electric vehicle.

This invention relates to a mobile charging unit (1), particularly for one or more electric vehicles (4), of the type including rechargeable batteries (41), comprising a mobile charging vehicle (2), and a charging apparatus (3), installed on said charging vehicle (2), having, in turn: an energy accumulation group (5), equipped with accumulators (51) for containing energy for charging said electric vehicles (4); an inverter (6), connected to said accumulators (51), comprising a DC-AC-DC converter (62) to convert the direct current coming from said accumulators (51) into alternating current, wherein said inverter (6) is connectable to an alternating current network (9) and is adapted to transform the alternating current of said alternating current network (9) into direct current for charging said accumulators (51); and an internal control system (7), connected to said inverter (6), adapted to control the operation of said inverter (6); said charging apparatus (3) is characterised in that said inverter (6) further comprises a direct current bus (63), connected to said DC-AC-DC converter (62), and a DC-DC converter (61), from direct current into direct current, connected to said direct current bus (63) and connectable to the rechargeable batteries (41) of said vehicle (4). This invention also relates to a method (200) for selecting a mobile charging unit (1) and a management system (100) for managing a mobile charging unit (1), the accumulated energy and the delivery of charges on request.