Patent ID: 9213670
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: B60K,B60L,G06F,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a user interface system of a vehicle for providing a graphic visualization of a propulsion energy level gauge relative to a vehicle range meter, said method comprising: determining a current vehicle range of said vehicle based on a current remaining propulsion energy level of an energy storage device of said vehicle; determining at least one hypothetical vehicle range of said vehicle based on at least one hypothetical level of remaining propulsion energy of said energy storage device, said hypothetical level of remaining propulsion energy indicating a fictive level should said energy storage device be refueled or recharged at a predetermined instant in time; and providing said graphic visualization on a display, said propulsion energy level gauge conveying said current remaining propulsion energy level and said hypothetical level of remaining propulsion energy, and said vehicle range meter conveying said current vehicle range and said hypothetical vehicle range, wherein, in said graphic visualization, said current remaining propulsion energy level is graphically associated with said current vehicle range, and said hypothetical level of remaining propulsion energy is graphically associated with said hypothetical vehicle range.