VEHICLE PROCESSOR AND METHOD FOR TRACKING AND REPORTING VEHICLE USE AND ASSOCIATED FUEL COST

摘要

A vehicle computing system includes a vehicle human-machine interface (HMI) and a vehicle processor coupled to the HMI and programmed to store trip information for multiple trips including consumed fuel cost for vehicle operation in response to a trip purpose input from the HMI. The trip purpose may be a business or personal purpose, for example. A fuel queuing model based on at least two fuel prices and corresponding fuel quantities may be used to determine the consumed fuel cost associated with fuel consumed from the vehicle fuel tank. Trip information, such as date, distance traveled, origin, destination, and consumed fuel cost may be output to a display, a wirelessly connected smartphone, and/or a remote server in response to a request from the HMI.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a vehicle HMI; and a vehicle processor coupled to the HMI, programmed to:
store, in persistent memory, trip information for multiple trips including fuel cost for operation in response to a trip purpose input from the HMI using a fuel queuing model based on at least two fuel prices and corresponding fuel quantities, andoutput the trip information including the fuel cost in response to a request from the HMI.