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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2021
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Masashi Takahashi, Nagoya, JP;
Makoto Kakuchi, Toyota, JP;
Yoichi Onishi, Okazaki, JP;
Kenji Kimura, Nagoya, JP;
Masakazu Habu, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A computer of an auction system presents vehicle body quality information indicating a quality of a vehicle body excluding a battery of an electric vehicle and battery quality information, and receives an electric vehicle bid price, a vehicle body bid price, and a battery bid price. When a total of the vehicle body bid price and the battery bid price exceeds the electric vehicle bid price, the computer determines a battery purchase applicant who presents the battery bid price as a winning bidder of the battery, and a vehicle body purchase applicant who presents the vehicle body bid price as a winning bidder of the vehicle body. When the total is lower than the electric vehicle bid price, the computer determines an electric vehicle purchase applicant who presents the electric vehicle bid price as a winning bidder of the electric vehicle.