ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING AND DISCHARGING APPARATUS AND METHOD LINKING RIDE-SHARING SERVICE AND VEHICLE-TO-GRID

An electric vehicle charging and discharging apparatus for linking ride-sharing service and vehicle-to-grid may include a processor and a memory storing software, when executed by the processor, causing the processor to collect power data of buildings, predict power consumption of the buildings based on the power data, respectively, calculate a time zone in which an additional power is required for each of the buildings and a required amount of electrical power based on the collected power data and the predicted power consumption, estimate a travel demand of a region where the buildings exist, and set a travel path of a ride-sharing vehicle for each time zone within the region based on the time zone requiring the additional power, the required amount of electrical power and the travel demand.