Management of vehicle route data

摘要

An apparatus 140 is configured to manage vehicle route data. A data generator is provided for generating a set of vehicle route data relating to a route on which a vehicle is travelling. A data port provides a connection to an external storage device 160. In use, the apparatus 140 is operable to output the set of generated vehicle route data to an external storage device 160 connected to the data port. The data port may provide a wired or wireless connection to the external storage device. The external storage device may be a removable USB memory stick, a cell phone, laptop, tablet computer, or MP3 player. Alternatively, the external storage device may be remote from the vehicle e.g. a remote data centre. The accumulated historic vehicle route data on the storage device may thus be made available to on-board systems in a second vehicle without the need for a new set of route data to be generated by the second vehicle. The invention is particularly suited to use in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs ) whereby an expected route of travel of the vehicle may be utilised to modify an energy management strategy implemented by the vehicle.