An implantable device for deployment inside a human or animal body, the device comprising at least one sensing component arranged to respond to an electrical signal having a known frequency band and at least one antenna comprising at least one antenna pole connected to the at least one sensing component, the antenna pole comprising at least one helical coil and a connecting stem.

Method for determining predicted acceleration information which describes a future acceleration potential of an electric vehicle having an electric motor as the drive device, which is supplied with electric power from a battery in the electric vehicle, this method including the following steps: Supplying power predictive information of the electric motor, which describes the predicted available acceleration power of the electric motor for at least one future period of time, Determining the acceleration information from the power predictive information by using a vehicle model which supplies the prevailing operating state of the electric vehicle, at least one vehicle parameter describing the acceleration possible on the basis of the acceleration power and/or using predictive path data supplied in particular by a navigation system for the period of time.

A device includes a data collection device for collecting real-time information of a plurality of charging stations, of at least one vehicle related to the plurality of charging stations, related to external environmental factors based on a specified period, a data storage device for updating and storing the real-time information of the plurality of charging stations, of the at least one vehicle, and related to the external environmental factors based on the specified period, a data processing device for generating processing information for selecting charging stations based on the real-time information of the plurality of charging stations, of the at least one vehicle, and related to the external environmental factors, and a data application device for generating a charging station list for recommending charging stations to an ego vehicle based on at least some of the processing information generated by the data processing device.

In some embodiments, an electric vehicle sends a vehicle charging request to a supervisory service. The electric vehicle receives, from the supervisory service in response to the vehicle charging request, a location of a telecommunication node of a telecommunication network that is configured to provide charging to electric vehicles. The electric vehicle navigates to the received location of the telecommunication node. The vehicle initiates charging of the electric vehicle at the location of the telecommunication node.

The invention relates to a method for balancing an electrical energy storage module (1) comprising a plurality of units (3) for an electric vehicle (5). The energy storage module (1) is operative according to a first balancing target type. A present operating condition of the energy storage module is determined (S402), and a future operating condition of the energy storage module is determined (S404). Further, there is selected (S406) a second balancing target type among a plurality of predetermined balancing targets (204) based on the present operating condition and the future operating condition, each of the balancing targets being indicative of an energy storage unit characteristic to be balanced in order to achieve the balancing target type. There is further provided to switch (S408) from balancing the energy storage module according to the first balancing target type to balancing the energy storage module according to the second balancing target type.

A selective battery control system includes a battery exchange station and an at least partially electric vehicle communicably coupled to the battery exchange station. The at least partially electric vehicle includes processing circuitry configured to determine a number of batteries needed for a trip, determine if the at least partially electric vehicle has a correct number of batteries, and in response to the at least partially electric vehicle having an incorrect number of batteries, add or remove batteries until the at least partially electric vehicle has the correct number of batteries for the trip.

A method for controlling a swappable battery detachably mounted in a vehicle which includes a main battery fixed therein, includes determining a use mode among a plurality of modes which are different in a charge amount of charging the main battery by the swappable battery based on destination information of a navigation system, and controlling the swappable battery to charge the main battery based on the determined use mode to charge the main battery.

The disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for assigning alternative energy vehicles to travel routes based on vehicle wear-and-tear ratings. Wear-and-tear ratings may be influenced by factors such as, for example, road grade, travel speed, electric motor use, and battery use, on various travel routes. An example method for determining a wear-and-tear rating of an alternative energy vehicle may involve determining an amount of stress imposed upon an electric motor of an alternative energy vehicle due to a grade of a road on a travel route, and an amount of energy consumed from a battery of the alternative energy vehicle due to a speed of travel on the travel route. The wear-and-tear rating of the alternative energy vehicle may then be determined based on the amount of stress imposed upon the electric motor and/or the amount of energy consumed from the battery on the travel route.

A vehicle reach area presentation device sets a unit area in which a start point exists as a start area among unit areas into which a region on map data is divided and extracts pieces of probe data including records of past travels within a certain range from the start area. The device sets the unit areas, including goal points recorded in the extracted pieces of probe data, as reach areas, calculates energy consumptions from the start area to the reach areas by using the pieces of probe data, and presents the reach areas to a user while changing display of the reach areas depending on the calculated energy consumptions.

A parking alignment sequence for wirelessly charging an electric vehicle can include determining a location of a charging station by a processing device of a user device based on communication over a cellular network. The charging station can have a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting power to a receiver of the electric vehicle. A first user interface having directions to the charging station from a current location of the user device can be displayed. Alignment data can be wirelessly received via a communication path that is independent of the cellular network in response to the electric vehicle being located within a predetermined distance from the charging station. A second user interface having alignment instructions can be displayed for moving the electric vehicle into alignment based on the alignment data in response to the electric vehicle being located within the predetermined distance from the charging station.