Priority based power management system and method for an electric vehicle

1. A method implemented by a control module coupled to an electric motor and an internal combustion engine of a vehicle to provide priority based power management of off-board devices being power by the vehicle, comprising:

determining, via the control module, an operating mode of the vehicle, the operating mode being an electric operating mode or a fossil fuel operating mode;

determining, via the control module, a current state of charge (SOC) of a battery pack of the vehicle;

supplying power at a maximum load of each of the off board devices when the current SOC of the battery pack is above a predetermined threshold value when the vehicle is operating in the fossil fuel operating mode;

applying, via the control module, at least one priority to each of the off-board devices when the vehicle is operating in the electric operating mode;

when the current SOC of the battery pack is above the predetermined threshold value and the vehicle is operating in the electric operating mode, powering the off-board devices based on the priority of the off-board devices; and

when the current SOC of the battery pack falls below the predetermined threshold value and the vehicle is operating in the electric operating mode, removing power from individual off-board devices based on the priority of the off-board devices until the current SOC of the battery pack rises above the predetermined threshold value.

2. The method of claim 1 , comprising preventing powering of the off-board devices when the current SOC is below the predetermined threshold value and the vehicle is operating in the electric operating mode.

3. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

updating the priority for each of the off-board devices when the vehicle is operating in the fossil fuel operating mode; and

powering the off board devices based on the priority of the off-board devices and current SOC of the battery pack when the vehicle is operating in the fossil fuel operating mode.

4. The method of claim 3 , comprising powering individual off-board devices as the current SOC rises above predetermine threshold levels when the vehicle is operating in the fossil fuel operating mode.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining whether an off-board device is essential; and

when the off-board device is essential, assigning a higher priority to off-board device relative to a non-essential off-board device.

6. A system to provide priority based power management of off-board devices being powered by a vehicle comprising:

an electric motor;

a battery pack coupled to the electric motor;

an internal combustion engine (ICE) coupled to the battery pack;

a control module coupled to the electric motor and the ICE, the control module comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing program instructions that when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:

determine an operating mode of the vehicle, the operating mode being an electric operating mode or a fossil fuel operating mode;

determine a current state of charge (SOC) of the battery pack;

supply power at a maximum load of each of the off-board devices when the current SOC of the battery pack is above a predetermined threshold value when the vehicle is operating in the fossil fuel operating mode;

apply at least one priority to each of the off-board devices when the vehicle is operating in the electric operating mode;

when the current SOC of the battery pack is above the predetermined threshold value and the vehicle is operating in the electric operating mode, power the off-board devices based on the priority of the off-board devices; and

when the current SOC of the battery pack falls below the predetermined threshold value and the vehicle is operating in the electric operating mode, remove power from individual off-board devices based on the priority of the off-board devices until the current SOC of the battery pack rises above the predetermined threshold value.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one priority of the off-board devices is inputted with a graphical user interface (GUI).

8. A system to provide priority based power management of off-board devices being powered by a vehicle comprising:

an electric motor;

a battery pack coupled to the electric motor;

an internal combustion engine (ICE) coupled to the battery pack;

a control module coupled to the electric motor and the ICE, the control module comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing program instructions that when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:

determine an operating mode of the vehicle, the operating mode being an electric operating mode or a fossil fuel operating mode;

determine a current state of charge (SOC) of the battery pack;

supply power at a maximum load of each of the off-board devices when the current SOC of the battery pack is above a predetermined threshold value when the vehicle is operating in the fossil fuel operating mode;

apply at least one priority to each of the off-board devices;

when the current SOC of the battery pack is above the predetermined threshold value and the vehicle is operating in the electric operating mode, power the off-board devices based on the priority of the off-board devices; and

when the current SOC of the battery pack falls below the predetermined threshold value and the vehicle is operating in the electric operating mode, remove power from individual off-board devices based on the priority of the off-board devices until the current SOC of the battery pack rises above the predetermined threshold value.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the memory storing program instructions that when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:

update the priority for each of the off-board devices when the vehicle is operating in the electric operating mode; and

power the off-board devices based on the priority of the off-board devices and the current SOC of the battery pack when the vehicle is operating in the electric operating mode.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the memory storing program instructions that when executed by the processor, causes the processor to prevent powering of the off-board devices when the current SOC is below the predetermined threshold value and the vehicle is in the electric operating mode.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the memory storing program instructions that when executed by the processor, causes the processor to: power individual off-board devices as the current SOC rises above predetermine threshold levels when the vehicle is operating in the fossil fuel operating mode.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the memory storing program instructions that when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:

update the priority for each of the off-board devices when the vehicle is operating in the fossil fuel operating mode; and

power the off-board devices based on the priority of the off-board devices and the current SOC of the battery pack when the vehicle is operating in the fossil fuel operating mode.

13. The system of claim 6 , wherein the memory storing program instructions that when executed by the processor, causes the processor to prevent powering of the off-board devices when the current SOC is below the predetermined threshold value and the vehicle is operating in the electric operating mode.

14. The system of claim 6 , wherein the memory storing program instructions that when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:

update the priority for each of the off-board devices when the vehicle is operating in the fossil fuel operating mode; and

power the off-board devices based on the priority of the off-board devices and current SOC of the battery pack when the vehicle is operating in the fossil fuel operating mode.

15. The system of claim 9 , wherein the at least one priority of the off-board devices is inputted with a graphical user interface (GUI).

16. The system of claim 14 , wherein the memory storing program instructions that when executed by the processor, causes the processor to power individual off-board devices based on the priority of the off-board devices as the current SOC rises above predetermine threshold levels when the vehicle is operating in the fossil fuel operating mode.