Patent ID: 8255152

Claim:
A system for identifying an environmentally-friendly and/or fuel saving travel route, comprising: an input device; a processor; wherein the input device receives at least one travel parameter and wherein the travel parameter is stored for use by the processor, the processor configured to collect (i) road condition parameters comprising traffic velocity information data and road grade, and (ii) a vehicle energy/emissions data-model; a computer program on a computer readable medium that cause the computer to: associate the road condition parameters with one or a plurality of links in a travel route, the plurality of links representing one or more possible travel routes from a start point to a destination point; calculate fuel consumption and/or emissions for a selected route using road condition parameters and vehicle energy/emission data-model; and calculate a possible travel route from the start point to the destination point, wherein the route that uses the least fuel and/or produces the least emissions is identified as a travel route from the one or more possible travel routes.