Methods and systems for operating a transport climate control system of a vehicle are provided. The method includes obtaining a state of charge of an energy storage device capable of providing power to the transport climate control system; determining an energy level including the state of charge, receiving a planned route for the vehicle, and receiving route status data associated with the planned route for the vehicle. The route status data includes traffic data, weather data, and/or geographic data identifying areas where the transport climate control system is to be solely powered by the energy storage device. The method further includes determining whether the energy level is sufficient to complete the planned route for the vehicle based on the planned route and the route data, and when the energy level is not sufficient to complete the planned route for the vehicle, providing a notification to a user via a display.

Systems and methods for situational behavior of an autonomous vehicle are disclosed. In one aspect, an autonomous vehicle includes at least one perception sensor configured to generate perception data indicative of at least one other vehicle on a roadway, a non-transitory computer readable medium, and a processor. The processor is configured to determine that the other vehicle is violating one or more rules of the roadway based on the perception data, tag the other vehicle as a non-compliant driver, and modify control of the autonomous vehicle in response to tagging the other vehicle as a non-compliant driver.

Methods and systems for planning and creating transportation routes with multiple modalities are provided. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving a transportation request that includes a first location and a second location. A transportation proposal may then be generated including a route for transportation between the first location and the second location. The method may then include determining modalities available to provide transportation and determining respective transportation segments for the modalities, and at least a subset of the transportation segments may be combined to form the route for transportation. The transportation proposal, including the route for transportation, may then be transmitted for display on a mobile device.

The present subject matter relates generally to a driver assistance system and method for a vehicle. The driver assistance system includes a vehicle having a plurality of sensors, a telematics unit to communicate vehicle level data to the surroundings of the vehicle, a display device to display the vehicle level data, a server, and a smart device. The smart device communicates with the server on a first network and with the display device on a second network. The vehicle, the server, and the smart device communicates through each other via communication network. The invention is based on smart device interface with different communication devices to provide the user with real time vehicle, environmental data, and user related data.

A system for controlling a group of charging stations for at least one electric vehicle includes a central device charger controller for controlling system operation. A plurality of charging units communicate with the central device charger controller. The plurality of charging units each further comprises charging circuitry for generating a charging current to the at least one electric vehicle responsive to power provided from a local power grid. A connector provides the generated charging current from the charging circuitry to the at least one electric vehicle. At least one interface within the central device charger controller enables communications with the central device charger controller and a plurality of mobile charging applications and controls charging of a connected at least one electric vehicle.

Methods and systems are provided for estimating a carbon footprint of a vehicle in real-time. In one example, the carbon footprint is estimated based on blockchain data. The blockchain data may record carbon emissions generated along one or more energy supply chains of the vehicle, and the estimated carbon footprint may be displayed at a user interface at a list of estimated carbon footprints corresponding to recharging or refueling sites.

A support server includes a processor configured to: acquire a total supply power amount from each of a plurality of facilities placed within a stricken area, the total supply power amount being obtained by adding respective supply power amounts of a plurality of power supply vehicles configured to perform power supply; acquire, from at least one vehicle placed within the stricken area, a supply power amount suppliable by the at least one vehicle; and output, to at least either one of the at least one vehicle and a communications device associated with the at least one vehicle, request facility information on a request facility that requires to request power supply due to a shortage of electric power, based on respective total supply power amounts of the facilities and the supply power amount suppliable by the at least one vehicle.

Methods and systems for autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicle control, routing, and automatic feature adjustment are disclosed. Sensors associated with autonomous operation features may be utilized to search an area for missing persons, stolen vehicles, or similar persons or items of interest. Sensor data associated with the features may be automatically collected and analyzed to passively search for missing persons or vehicles without vehicle operator involvement. Search criteria may be determined by a remote server and communicated to a plurality of vehicles within a search area. In response to which, sensor data may be collected and analyzed by the vehicles. When sensor data generated by a vehicle matches the search criteria, the vehicle may communicate the information to the remote server.

A controller of an information processing apparatus determines whether a vehicle having a battery for driving is to enter a target area; acquires or estimates an arrival time of the vehicle at the target area and a departure time of the vehicle from the target area, in a case in which it is determined that the vehicle is to enter the target area; and adds a required charge amount of the battery to a demand for electrical energy during a target time period in the target area, in a case in which a charge time period of the battery in the target area is included in the target time period.

Method and system for providing carbon offset sources. For example, the method includes determining an amount of total carbon emission of a user, receiving a desired percentage of carbon offset, determining a total number of carbon offset units corresponding to a predetermined carbon offset source, providing multiple carbon offset sources, receiving a respective number of carbon offset units corresponding to the predetermined carbon offset source for each of the multiple carbon offset sources, determining a respective cost for each of the multiple carbon offset sources, and providing a total amount of cost based upon the respective cost for each of the multiple carbon offset sources, where a total of the respective number of carbon offset units is equal to the total number of carbon offset units.