Patent ID: 9579949
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: B60H

Claim:
1. A fuel economy system, said fuel economy system comprising: a vehicle having a power supply, an interior compartment, an HVAC system operable to heat or cool said interior compartment of said vehicle and a destination system operable to estimate a length of time for said vehicle to arrive at a destination on a predefined route; an HVAC control system in communication with said HVAC system, said HVAC control system operable to regulate a temperature of said interior compartment by regulating power to said HVAC system and heating or cooling said interior compartment, said power to said HVAC system provided by said power supply; and said HVAC control system configured to automatically reducing power to said HVAC system per a predefined reduced power plan selected from at least one of an exponential reduction of power plan and a power law reduction in power plan as said vehicle approaches said destination, reducing power to said HVAC system before said vehicle reaches said destination increasing fuel economy for said vehicle.