There is provided an electrically driven vehicle used for a car sharing system and configured to appropriately increase the temperature of a power storage device. The electrically driven vehicle used for the car sharing system is provided with a power storage device and a temperature raising device configured to increase temperature of the power storage device. When a user operates a communication device to make a direct reservation or an indirect reservation of the electrically driven vehicle for driving, the electrically driven vehicle estimates a driving start time of the vehicle, based on the position of the communication device, sets a temperature-rising start time of the power storage device, based on the temperature of the power storage device and the estimated driving start time, and controls the temperature raising device to start a temperature increase of the power storage device at the set temperature-rising start time.

A method and apparatus for parking lot metering. The present invention allows multi-space meters to separately manage and control premium parking spaces, such as those for charging electric vehicles or those which supply electric power for engine block heaters in both pay-by-space and pay-an-display systems. Such premium spaces can be managed together over large areas (e.g., a city or region), or may be managed over smaller areas (e.g., the domain of an individual kiosk), or individually per parking space. Management includes pricing, time limits, hours, seasons of operation, and restrictions by vehicle type, and alternative pricing and restrictions for non-premium hours.

Systems and methods for charging electric vehicles that define a charging schedule for an electric vehicle based on one or more charging preferences of an operator of the vehicle and based on at least one current value of a dynamic attribute of an electric charge provider. Such systems and methods may include a graphical user interface adapted to display a unitary vehicle charge indicator element having (i) a first portion indicative of an amount of charge residing in a battery of the electric vehicle, (ii) a second portion indicative of an uncharged capacity of the battery of the electric vehicle, and (iii) a third portion comprising a slider by which an amount of charge may be specified.

Operating a motor vehicle (1) by adjusting the temperature of one or more vehicle parts (3, 4). One method includes specifying (S2) an indication of an expected beginning-of-driving time (FBZ) of the motor vehicle (1) and a desired operating temperature (BT) of the one or more vehicle parts (3, 4); and waking up (S6) a controller (22), which is configured to control adjustment of the temperature of the respective vehicle part (3, 4), at a temperature-adjustment starting time (A2) which is chosen such that, if heating up or cooling down begins at the temperature-adjustment starting time (A2), the heating up or cooling down ends, by reaching the desired operating temperature (BT) of the corresponding vehicle part (3, 4), at a time which corresponds to the expected beginning-of-driving time (FBZ) or is just before the expected beginning-of-driving time (FBZ).

Battery swapping methods, apparatus, systems, devices and media are provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The method includes: receiving a battery swapping request of a vehicle; determining a second battery swapping time and a second swapping electricity amount based on a first battery swapping time and a first swapping electricity amount, in a case where a first charging parameter is adjusted to a second charging parameter to charge an available battery of a battery swapping station; and sending a battery swapping response to a terminal device of the vehicle, wherein the battery swapping response includes the second battery swapping time and the second swapping electricity amount, the second battery swapping time is a recommended battery swapping time provided by the battery swapping station, and the second swapping electricity amount is a recommended swapping electricity amount provided by the battery swapping station.

Systems and methods may predict vehicle charging events and prepare electrified vehicles for charging. Learned charging habits such as typical charging locations, charging times, and battery level when charging occurs may be leveraged for predicting when a user is likely to charge their electrified vehicle. A contactor system of the electrified vehicle may be controlled to maintain a set of contactors of the contactor system in a closed position upon vehicle shutdown in response to predicting that the charging event is likely. Maintaining the set of contactors closed when charging events are expected reduces contactor wear and decreases noise, vibration, and harshness, thereby facilitating a more satisfying user charging experience.

A server for a charge-discharge system includes a controller. The controller is configured to communicate with a plurality of registered vehicles each equipped with a chargeable-dischargeable battery. The controller is configured to acquire information on a scheduled start time of a next travel of each of the registered vehicles. The controller is configured to acquire electric power information. The controller is configured to determine, based on the scheduled travel start time and the electric power information, a target vehicle of which the battery is to be charged or discharged from among the registered vehicles that are at least parked. The controller is configured to send to the target vehicle either a charge command that orders the battery of the target vehicle to be charged or a discharge command that orders the battery of the target vehicle to be discharged.

The present invention discloses a navigation method for electric vehicles based on electricity quantity guidance of energy-storage charging piles. The electric vehicles select charging piles nearby that can meet own charging quantity demands to charge according to location information of charging piles and real-time stored electricity information of energy storage modules of the charging piles; a system using the method includes the charging piles. The navigation method and system can reasonably guide the electric vehicles to charge according to the distribution and the stored electricity of the charging piles, and can dynamically plan travel charging solutions for the electric vehicles, thereby avoiding problems that the electric vehicles stop running without electricity on the way to the charging piles and inefficiently wait for charging for a long time, so that the stored electricity of the charging piles can be reasonably distributed and utilized, and energy idleness and waste are avoided.

An obtaining unit obtains attribute information of an occupant of a vehicle, and an extraction unit extracts related facilities having predetermined relations to replenishing places for replenishing driving energy of the vehicle. A notification unit notifies the occupant of a replenishing place corresponding to a predetermined related facility among the related facilities extracted by the extraction unit, which is associated with the attribute information of the occupant obtained by the obtaining unit.

A charge system for a vehicle includes a traction battery and a controller. The controller, responsive to passage of a predetermined period of time following activation of the vehicle without detecting a wake up signal, sets a diagnostic flag. The controller further, responsive to deactivation of the vehicle, presence of the diagnostic flag, and presence of a request designating a future start time for a charge event of the traction battery, initiates the charge event regardless of the future start time. The controller may further, responsive to deactivation of the vehicle, absence of the diagnostic flag, and presence of the request designating the future start time for the charge event of the traction battery, inhibit start of the charge event until the future start time.