METHOD OF REQUESTING ENERGY FROM VEHICLES WITHIN A GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION

A charging station is described. The charging station comprises: one or more first battery packs that are electrically coupled to one or more power sources; a memory; and a processor that is communicatively coupled to the memory. The processor is operable to determine whether a first state-of-charge of the one or more first battery packs is less than a threshold level; generate a first discharge request message when the first state-of-charge of the one or more first battery packs is less than the threshold level; broadcast the first discharge request message to one or more first vehicles within a geographical range; receive a first response message from the one or more first vehicles; and receive power from the one or more first vehicles based on the first response message.