Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Richard B Weinberg

Todd P Lindemann

Andrew M Zettel

Yuval Gilboa

Chia-Hsiang Liu

Nadav Baron

James B Nicholson

Barak Hershkovitz

Kevin J Smith

Terence L Meehan

Rachel A White

Dima Zevelev

Ramon A Alonso

David S Park

A system and method of tracking energy usage in a vehicle. The method, in one implementation, involves building an energy usage prediction model, obtaining a planned route for a vehicle that contains one or more planned route segments, applying the energy usage prediction model to each planned route segment of the one or more planned route segments of the planned route to obtain an energy usage plan, receiving onboard data from the vehicle, constructing an actual route based on the onboard data, and performing a match analysis between the planned route and the actual route based on the onboard data.

Vehicle energy usage tracking

A vehicle includes drive wheels, an energy source having an available energy, a torque-generating device powered by the energy source to provide an input torque, a transmission configured to receive the input torque and deliver an output torque to the set of drive wheels, and a controller. The controller, as part of a programmed method, predicts consumption of the available energy along a predetermined travel route using onboard data, offboard data, and a first logic block, and also corrects the predicted energy consumption using the onboard data, offboard data, and an error correction loop between a second logic block and the first logic block. The controller also executes a control action with respect to the vehicle using the corrected energy consumption, including changing a logic state of the vehicle.

Vehicle with model-based route energy prediction, correction, and optimization

Methods and systems for determining deviations is expected range, expected fuel economy, or both, for a vehicle. In accordance with one embodiment, a system includes a sensor unit and a processor. The sensor unit is configured to at least facilitate obtaining inputs for one or more factors having an effect on energy performance and/or fuel efficiency for a vehicle. The processor is coupled to the sensor unit, and is configured to at least facilitate determining a change in expected range for the vehicle from the one or more factors based on the inputs.

Determination of deviation of vehicle range or fuel economy

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Richard B Weinberg