Patent ID: 11945445
Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
determining a context of a vehicle wherein the context identifies an environment the vehicle is in;
in response to the context indicating the vehicle is or will be parked or not operating on an active roadway, selecting a particular smart mode from among multiple smart modes that are associated with the vehicle being parked or not operating on the active roadway, the particular smart mode being associated with deactivation or moderation of one or more vehicle components that draw battery power or that contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, the particular smart mode being selected from among the multiple smart modes based on a ranking, the ranking based on the context of the vehicle and the environment the vehicle is in; and
deactivating or moderating the one or more vehicle components according to one or more user configurable settings that are associated with the particular smart mode when the vehicle is parked or not operating on the active roadway.