Patent ID: 8855920

Claim:
A method for automatically assisting route planning between a starting point and a destination, comprising steps of: ascertaining one or more traffic routes between the starting point and the destination with a traffic route ascertainment unit, wherein at least one means of transport from a plurality of different means of transport is associated with each respective traffic route of the one or more traffic routes: ascertaining emission information with an emission ascertainment unit for each respective traffic route of the one or more traffic routes on the basis of the at least one means of transport associated with the respective traffic route, a traffic route length of the respective traffic route, and statistical average values for energy consumptions of individual means of transport from the plurality of different means of transport, wherein the emission information is further based on emission increases resulting from current traffic information including hindrances or delays; and assisting the route planning between the starting point and the destination on the basis of the emission information.