An ECU controls a vehicle including a power reception unit that can wirelessly receive electric power from a power feeding facility placed on a travel road. The ECU includes a memory in which a user-desired condition is stored, the user-desired condition being a condition under which a user of the vehicle desires on-road power reception, the on-road power reception being power reception from the power feeding facility placed on the travel road, and a processor connected to the memory. When a physical condition for power feeding from the power feeding facility to the vehicle is satisfied and when the user-desired condition stored in the memory is not satisfied, the processor controls the power reception unit to suppress on-road power reception.

An onboard battery charging system including battery system and battery controller protection mechanisms and providing battery charge optimization where the protection portions of the system use an input isolation mechanism to isolate the vehicle power input from the battery controller upon detection of deviant charge voltages and a battery isolation mechanism to isolate the battery controller from the batteries upon detection of cyberattacks resulting in deviant charge power being provided to the batteries and where the charge optimization portions of the system use the same input isolation mechanisms as are employed for the vehicle system protection input isolation to regulate the timing of vehicle charging as a function of electricity prices.

Use of a charge-and-discharge spot can be promoted. A charge-and-discharge management system includes a setting controller that sets an incentive linked with a charge-and-discharge spot for each charge-and-discharge spot and a presentation controller that presents the incentive set for each charge-and-discharge spot to a user using an electric vehicle. The charge-and-discharge management system may further include an acquisition controller that connects the electric vehicle to a charge-and-discharge device installed in the charge-and-discharge spot and acquires connection spot information that is information of the charge-and-discharge spot that is a connection destination when charging and discharging is started, and a providing controller that provides an incentive set for the charge-and-discharge spot included in the connection spot information acquired by the acquisition controller when the charging and discharging of the electric vehicle is completed.

Improvements in computer-based energy asset management technologies are provided. An energy asset management system with a data summarization mechanism can perform computations, for example relating to controlling the assets, which may include electric vehicles (EVs), with fewer computing resources. Further, the system can perform computations on large datasets where such computations would have otherwise been impractical with conventional systems due to the size of the data. A large dataset relating to the energy asset management system is reduced using the summarization mechanism, and a computation model is trained using the reduced dataset. Energy assets in the system may be controlled using the trained computational model. Assets may include EVs, and controlling the EVs may be based on generated predictions relating to charging interactions. The predictions may be based on road traffic information and/or weather related information. Further, the computational model may include an optimizer for scheduling charging interactions of EVs.

An integrated fuel management system can include a switching unit coupled to an electric vehicle (EV) charging station, a computer system, a first electronic unit, and a second electronic unit. The first electronic unit can be coupled to the switching unit and operable for providing state information for the EV charging station to the computer system. The second electronic unit can be coupled to a fueling station for types of vehicles that use fuel and operable for providing state information for the fueling station to the computer system. Further, the computer system can be operable for displaying the state information for the EV charging station and for displaying the state information for the fueling station.

Provided is a method of controlling charging and discharging vehicle through a charging station executed by a control device. The method includes: when a first vehicle placed in a first charging station is released, identifying the time the first vehicle is released and a residual quantity of the battery and renewing state information of the first vehicle; when the first vehicle is returned to the first charging station, identifying the time the first vehicle is returned and a residual quantity of the battery and renewing state information of the first vehicle; comparing the residual quantity of the battery identified when the first vehicle is released to the residual quantity of the battery identified when the first vehicle is returned based on the state information of the first vehicle and calculating the amount of the battery used in the first vehicle; estimating and calculating an aging degree of the battery of the first vehicle based on the number of times the battery of the first vehicle is charged and discharged and the amount of the battery of the first vehicle used, after charging and discharging detail is identified through the state information of the first vehicle; setting a charging upper limit and a discharging lower limit for the battery of the first vehicle based on the battery aging degree of the first vehicle; and determining whether the battery of the first vehicle needs to be replaced based on the charging upper limit and the discharging lower limit.

An electric vehicle battery charging system, comprising digital map subsystem, operating software that incorporates the digital map subsystem, a plurality of charging units, and a controlling unit that mainly handles booking related matters. The booking flow works as below steps: (a) searching step: to search every possible available charging unit, (b) confirming step: to confirm the electric vehicle arrives at selected charging unit at an acceptable time, (c) charging step: to complete the whole charging session. The system further comprises a preventing measure that prevents the charging units from being occupied unruly and an enhancing measure that enhances charging efficiency out of booking accuracy.

A landing pad receives and stores packages delivered from an aerial vehicle and awaiting pickup from an aerial vehicle. The landing pad can be placed outside of a window and can contain a transmitter for sending out an identification signal via radio frequency to aid aerial vehicles in finding the landing pad. The landing pad contains a landing platform with a trapdoor that leads to a storage compartment. The trapdoor can be configured to only open when it receives a signal from an authorized aerial vehicle. The storage compartment can be accessed via a storage compartment door which can contain a locking mechanism. The storage compartment can be climate controlled. The landing pad can also have a transmitter that emits sounds to discourage animals from nesting on or near the landing pad. The landing pad can also include a solar power generator as a source of electrical energy.

A charging system for quickly and securely performing charging operations of electric vehicles includes at least one electric vehicle, at least one power source, and at least one smart contract. The at least one electric vehicle includes at least one electrical energy store. The at least one power source is configured to charge the energy store. The charging parameters for a charging operation of the electrical energy store are negotiable between the electric vehicle and the power source. The negotiation of the charging parameters comprises determining a charging requirement of the electrical energy store by means of the electric vehicle. The charging operation of the electrical energy store is performable with the aid of a smart contract.

A parked vehicle charging method includes inputting vehicle information of a vehicle that is parked, parking space information, charging information requested by the vehicle, and necessary time information preliminarily secured by the vehicle to a management server, scheduling, by the management server, charging of the vehicle based on the requested charging information and the necessary time information of the vehicle, controlling, by the management server, charging intensity of charging equipment based on the vehicle information of the vehicle, the parking space information, and a charging schedule, and receiving, by the management server, charging result information from the charging equipment after charging end of the vehicle and calculating an amount of money to be charged to a user of the vehicle.