Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

TaeJun Kang

Chae Mo Yang

Do Youn Jang

Jungmin Cha

Ikjun Choi

A vehicle includes a power supply including a battery, a display, a storage configured to store a power matching data, and a fuel efficiency matching data, and a controller configured to determine driving power supplied by the battery, determine a current driving fuel efficiency corresponding to a reference weight based on the driving power and the power matching data, determine the current weight of the vehicle, determine a first fuel efficiency based on an accumulated driving fuel efficiency accumulated from a previous charging time point to a current charging time point and the current driving fuel efficiency at the current charging time point, determine a second fuel efficiency based on the fuel efficiency matching data and the first fuel efficiency corresponding to each of the existing weight and the current weight, determine the estimated driving distance of the vehicle based on the charging capacity of the battery and the second fuel efficiency, and output the estimated driving distance to the display.

Vehicle and control method thereof

A vehicle is provided to output an optimal driving path. The vehicle includes a battery storing an electric energy and a storage storing a position of a vehicle return location and an electric vehicle fuel economy value for each road type. A communicator receives delivery information including position information of a destination, and external information including real-time traffic information, road information, real-time temperature information, or charging station information. A controller determines a driving path based on information, determines the electric energy required for driving on the driving path based on the road type and the electric vehicle fuel economy value for each road type, determines whether the vehicle is capable of driving on the driving path based on a battery SOC and the determined required electric energy, and determines a final path based on the presence of a ramp with a slope greater than a preset slope.

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Incheon, South Korea

TaeJun Kang