A system and method that manages charging of Electric Vehicles (EVs) at a depot equipped with EV chargers. For each EV arriving at the depot, data is collected from the EV including a current state of charge (SoC), an SoC goal, a route estimate, and a charging schedule. A depot controller determines from the collected data a charging priority for the EV relative to other EVs at the depot. When charging is required to meet the SoC goal of the EV, a charger is selected for charging the EV and a charging start time and charging duration is determined by an optimization algorithm that concurrently optimizes a minimal total cost of electricity for total power transferred to the EV during charging while maximizing a probability of the EV leaving the depot with its SoC goal satisfied.
Charging Strategies for Electric Vehicles
2025-04-24
Patent
Electronic Resource
English