Volvo Car Corporation

Volvo Truck Corporation

Peter Härslätt

Mats Erik Gjertz

Max Petersson

Tessa Koelewijn

Asli Pehlivan Rhodin

Ashok Chaitanya Koppisetty

Stian Skolemestra

Ashok Krishna Chaitanya Koppisetty

Herman Johnsson

Hans Olof Herman Johnsson

Bastian Havers-Zulka

Bastian Havers

It is desirable to facilitate maintenance of a battery of a vehicle. Ideally, any non-optimal action performed on the battery&#x2014;for instance excessive charging&#x2014;should be identified such that an appropriate recommendation for a battery maintenance operation can be provided. For instance, a user of the vehicle may be instructed to charge the battery less often. Thus, in an embodiment, a device such as an Electronic Control Unit (ECU), will monitor one or more operational properties of the battery. Thereafter, the monitored property is evaluated by the ECU to determine an effect that the monitored property has on the lifetime of the battery. Based on this evaluation, the ECU performs an action with aim to prolong the lifetime of the battery, such as instructing a user of the vehicle to perform a particular action.

Facilitating battery maintenance

In general, techniques are described by which provide confirmed automated access to portions of vehicles. A control system comprising a processor, and a memory may be configured to perform the techniques. The memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to determine that the authorized operator of the vehicle is intending to access a portion of the vehicle, and output, responsive to determination, a confirmation request to the authorized operator. The confirmation request may request confirmation that the authorized operator is intending to access the portion of the vehicle. The memory may also store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to receive, from the authorized operator, a confirmation response indicating whether the authorized operator is intending to access at least the portion of the vehicle, and automatically open, based on the confirmation response, at least the portion of the vehicle.

Confirmed automated access to portions of vehicles

A vehicle assistance system for a vehicle is provided. A corresponding computer implemented method and computer program product are also provided.

Vehicle assistance system

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Torslanda, Sweden

Peter Härslätt