Patent ID: 8825248
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. An information terminal for electric-powered vehicle configured to calculate a required time for the vehicle to travel a route from a current position to a destination in accordance with map information, comprising: route setting means that searches for a route to the destination for setting; recharging place setting means that sets a charging place, at which the vehicle needs to be recharged, on a way of the route to the destination set by the route setting means; and charging facility information acquisition means that acquires information on the charging place set by the recharging place setting means, wherein a recommended vehicle speed for a shortest total required time that is a sum of a required traveling time and a required recharging time for recharging the vehicle at the charging place, or a vehicle speed range including the recommended vehicle speed at a section to the charging place is calculated.