CPC B60L 53/18 (2019.02) [B60L 53/37 (2019.02)] | 18 Claims |
1. An electric vehicle charging station (EVCS), comprising:
a housing;
a charging cable configured to provide an electric current to charge a battery of an electric vehicle;
one or more sensors for detecting whether a vehicle and external objects are within a predefined region proximal to the housing;
a motor configured to retract at least a portion of the charging cable; and
a controller electrically coupled to both the one or more sensors and the motor, wherein the controller is configured to energize the motor to retract at least a portion of the charging cable when retraction criteria are met, wherein the retraction criteria include criteria that are met when (i) the charging cable is not coupled to a vehicle and (ii) the one or more sensors do not detect a vehicle and do not detect an external object in the predefined region proximal to the housing.
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