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

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
determining an environmental factor associated with a first travel route, wherein the environmental factor comprises an ambient temperature;
determining an energy storage depletion characteristic of a battery of an electric vehicle or a hybrid electric vehicle based on the environmental factor;
determining a battery capacity of the electric vehicle or the hybrid electric vehicle;
determining a maintenance cost of the electric vehicle or the hybrid electric vehicle based on the environmental factor;
determining one of a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) or a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the electric vehicle or the hybrid electric vehicle;
determining a risk adjusted payment by adjusting a base payment associated with operating 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;
determining an optimized deployment of the electric vehicle or the hybrid electric vehicle along the first travel route based in part on the energy storage depletion characteristic of the battery, the battery capacity, the maintenance cost of the electric vehicle or the hybrid electric vehicle, the GCWR and/or the GVWR 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, wherein the optimized deployment is associated with a timing constraint and a cost constraint;
deploying, based on the optimized deployment, the electric vehicle or the hybrid electric vehicle on the first travel route; and
operating the electric vehicle or the hybrid electric vehicle along the first travel route responsive to the optimized deployment of the electric vehicle or the hybrid electric vehicle on the first travel route.