In one or more embodiments of the present invention, one or more processors receive a fuel sensor reading from a fuel sensor on a vehicle. The processor(s) receive an environmental state of a route being taken by the vehicle to a destination and a biometric sensor reading that describes a biometric state of a driver of the vehicle. The processor(s) determine whether the remaining fuel will be sufficient for the vehicle to reach the destination subject to the constraints of the environmental state of the route being taken by the vehicle and the biometric state of the driver of the vehicle, and then modify an appearance of a fuel gauge on the vehicle based on whether the remaining fuel will be sufficient for the vehicle to reach the destination.

A vehicle control apparatus includes a control system. The control system includes a processor and a memory that are communicably coupled to each other, and executes a polarization eliminating mode in which polarization is eliminated by controlling an energization state of an electric power storage device while a vehicle is traveling. The control system sets a first necessary time to eliminate the polarization based on a polarization state of the electric power storage device, acquires a second necessary time to an arrival of the vehicle at a destination, permits the polarization eliminating mode to be executed while the vehicle is traveling in a case where the first necessary time is shorter than or equal to the second necessary time, and refrains from permitting the polarization eliminating mode to be executed while the vehicle is traveling in a case where the first necessary time is longer than the second necessary time.

A navigation device includes: a degradation coefficient determination unit that determines a degradation coefficient representing a degradation level of a battery that supplies a vehicle with electric power; a current location calculation unit that calculates a current location of the vehicle; a vicinity map display unit that displays a vicinity map of the current location of the vehicle on a display screen; a cruising range calculation unit that calculates a first cruising range of the vehicle based on a remaining amount of the battery and a full charge amount of the battery contained in charging information received from the battery; a second cruising range calculation unit that calculates a second cruising range, which is smaller than the first cruising range, based on the degradation coefficient and the first cruising range; and a cruising range display unit that performs a display representing the second cruising range on the vicinity map.

Systems of an electric vehicle and the operations thereof are provided. Methods are provided that determine whether a vehicle power source is authorized to power a vehicle at a specific level, and if the power source is not authorized to power the vehicle, alter an ability of the power source.

In a hybrid vehicle, an ECU executes a forced charging control for forcibly charging a battery by using an engine and a vehicle driving device in a case where a remaining capacity of the battery is equal to or less than a predetermined value. In a case where an evaluation value shows a degree of deterioration of the battery attributable to excessive charging, the ECU uses a first electric power as an electric charging power for charging the battery when an absolute value of the evaluation value is equal to or lower than a first threshold, and uses a second electric power falling short of the first electric power as the electric charging power for charging the battery when the absolute value of the evaluation value is higher than the first threshold in a case where the forced charging control is executed while the hybrid vehicle is stopped.

A system for use with a battery and sensors operable for measuring battery data includes an interactive user interface and a controller programmed with battery degradation monitoring logic for estimating a state of the battery. As part of a method, the controller identifies data bins for which measured state of charge range-based battery performance data is missing or dated/stale, and automatically prompts an operator to execute an assigned task corresponding to the identified data bins. The controller records the battery performance data for the identified data bins upon completion of the assigned task, estimates the state of the battery using the recorded battery performance data and the battery degradation monitoring logic, and executes a control action with respect to the system using the estimated state. A virtual or actual reward feature may be displayed in response to completion of the assigned task.

A computing system includes an autonomous driving controller that controls autonomous driving of a vehicle, and an energy management unit that provides a service related to battery management, wherein the autonomous driving controller acquires battery data from a battery management system (BMS) and transmits the acquired battery data to the energy management unit, and the energy management unit generates energy management data based on the transmitted battery data and transmits at least a portion of the generated energy management data to at least one of the autonomous driving controller or the BMS.

A vehicle may include battery cells of a battery and at least one controller configured to control the vehicle based on a state observation associated with the battery according to battery model parameters for the cells received from a computing device external to the vehicle and responsive to measurements relating to a battery model of the cells sent to the computing device.

A method and system controller includes determining a power requirement for a vehicle system to complete a planned trip over a route. The method includes determining whether an amount of available power from the vehicle system is sufficient to propel the vehicle system to complete the planned trip by comparing the available power with the power requirement that is determined. The method includes changing one or more operational aspects of the planned trip based on the comparison between the amount of available power and the power requirement that is determined to generate a newly planned modified trip.

A system for controlling a hybrid propulsion system includes a computer programmed to obtain altitude and terrain information associated with a predetermined route for the hybrid propulsion system comprising a first energy source and a second energy source. The computer is also programmed to obtain current and forecast ambient weather information associated with the predetermined route of the hybrid propulsion system, determine a power requirement and a torque requirement of the hybrid propulsion system associated with the altitude and the terrain along the predetermined route of the hybrid propulsion system, generate a trip plan to optimize at least one of a plurality of performance parameters of the hybrid propulsion system as the hybrid propulsion system travels along the predetermined route, and preferentially select the first energy source and/or the second energy source based on the trip plan.