Vehicle route selection based on energy usage

摘要

Vehicle management systems and associated processes can consider energy consumption when selecting routes for fleet vehicles. Vehicle management systems and associated processes are described that, in certain embodiments, evaluate vehicle energy usage based on factors such as terrain or elevation, vehicle characteristics, driver characteristics, road conditions, traffic, speed limits, stop time, turn information, traffic information, and weather information, and the like. The features described herein may also be implemented for non-fleet vehicles, such as in personal vehicle navigation systems.

主权项

1. A method for managing a fleet of powered vehicle assets, the method comprising:
by a computer system comprising computer hardware,
identifying a plurality of destinations to be visited by a fleet of vehicle assets;identifying two or more vehicles, each of the vehicles having a corresponding vehicle type;identifying two or more drivers capable of operating the vehicles, each driver having a corresponding driver profile;wherein each driver profile comprises an assigned driver value based on past driving behavior of the driver; anddetermining at least one combination of a vehicle of the two or more vehicles and a driver of the two or more drivers for a transportation route, wherein the transportation route comprises a subset of the plurality of destinations,wherein the determined combination of the vehicle and the driver is determined based, at least in part, on the vehicle type and the assigned driver value.