Patent ID: 9134136
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: B60L,G01C,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A navigation apparatus mounted on an electric vehicle, comprising: a storage device which stores map information and a destination; a processor which carries out steps comprising: a communication device which transmits vehicle information including said travelable range to the outside of the vehicle to a mobile phone or personal computing device, wherein the transmitted vehicle information is received by a vehicle information display apparatus located outside of and apart from said electric vehicle and is output to a display device of said mobile phone or personal computing device, said vehicle information being displayed so as to be visible to a vehicle user not riding on said electric vehicle by said display device of said mobile phone or personal computing device located outside said electric vehicle, and wherein the power cost is calculated by using a travel cost calculation condition for calculating the power cost, said travel cost calculation condition being received from the outside of said electric vehicle, inputted by the vehicle user.