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Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 15, 2020
Applicants:

Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;

Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;

Inventor:

Do Youn Jang, Seoul, KR;

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); B60W 40/13 (2012.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G07C 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3469 (2013.01); B60W 40/13 (2013.01); G01C 21/3697 (2013.01); G07C 5/02 (2013.01); B60W 2300/12 (2013.01); B60W 2510/083 (2013.01); B60W 2510/1005 (2013.01); B60W 2530/20 (2013.01); B60W 2552/15 (2020.02); G01C 21/367 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for providing a route of an electric vehicle and a method thereof are provided. The apparatus includes a processor that estimates a weight of a vehicle when guiding a user along a route to a destination, calculates a driving load for each route section using the estimated weight of the vehicle, calculates a driving force using motor torque, and determines a probability of hill climbing for each route section using the driving force and the driving load and a display that is controlled by the processor to display at least one of a driving load for each route section or a probability of hill climbing according to a driving force for each route section.


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