In order to suppress charge amount shortage in a predetermined area, an information provision device has an acquisition means that acquires travelling information of an electric vehicle on which a secondary battery 204 is mounted; a charge output estimatio...

A load balancing system includes a transformer (12) having a plurality of integrated sensors (35). A control system (30) that may be embedded within the transformer (12) is in electrical communication with the plurality of sensors (35). The control system ...

A method of distributing charge capacity to electric vehicles in a charging system that includes a solar charge capacity generated locally. The method may include: determining a requested charge for the plurality of electric vehicles, calculating a request...

A power storage device including: a secondary battery; an acquisition unit that acquires charging period information for charging the secondary battery; and a charge control unit that calculates a charging power on the basis of the charging period informat...

In a method for charging a fleet of batteries (110) from a power grid (100), a fleet charge schedule (301) is determined and thereafter individual battery charge schedules are dynamically optimized. The fleet charge schedule (301) for the entire fleet (110...

A charging system and method that improves utilization of available AC power during onboard charging of energy storage systems of electric vehicles. An onboard charging method for an energy storage system of an electric vehicle, the method using an AC powe...

A method, system, and apparatus including a distribution transformer (100) having a communications module (116). The distribution transformer (100) is configured to convert a first high voltage electricity from a high voltage distribution line (102) to a f...