Patent ID: 11959758
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 2:
3. A device comprising:
a memory that stores computer-executable instructions; and
a processor configured to access the memory and execute the computer-executable instructions to at least:
receive information associated with a first travel route;
determine, based on the information, an environmental factor associated with the first travel route, wherein the environmental factor comprises an ambient temperature;
determine, based on the environmental factor, an energy storage depletion characteristic of a battery of one of an electric vehicle or a hybrid electric vehicle;
determine a battery capacity of the one of the electric vehicle or the hybrid electric vehicle;
determine, based on the environmental factor, a maintenance cost of the one of the electric vehicle or the hybrid electric vehicle;
determine one of a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) or a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the one of the electric vehicle or the hybrid electric vehicle;
determine a risk adjusted payment by adjusting a base payment associated with operating the one of the electric vehicle or the hybrid electric vehicle along the first travel route responsive to at least one of a tardiness of the operation or a damage event during the operation;
determine, based in part on the energy storage depletion characteristic of the battery, the battery capacity, the maintenance cost of the one of the electric vehicle or the hybrid electric vehicle, the GCWR and/or the GVWR of the one of the electric vehicle or the hybrid electric vehicle, the risk adjusted payment, and an availability of a charging station associated with a charging price along the first travel route, an optimized deployment of the one of the electric vehicle or the hybrid electric vehicle along the first travel route, wherein the optimized deployment is associated with a timing constraint and a cost constraint;
deploy, based on the optimized deployment, the one of the electric vehicle or the hybrid electric vehicle on the first travel route; and
operate the one of the electric vehicle or the hybrid electric vehicle along the first travel route responsive to the optimized deployment of the one of the electric vehicle or the hybrid electric vehicle on the first travel route.