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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Yimin Liu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Perry Robinson MacNeille, Lathrup Village, MI (US);
Erica Klampfl, Canton, MI (US);
Kevin Cooper, Troy, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system and method for vehicle sharing include a vehicle having sensors, a vehicle computing system (VCS) including a processor and a memory communicating with the sensor and programmed to store sensor data associated with a vehicle sharing trip, and a human-machine interface (HMI) communicating with the VCS and displaying a vehicle sharing trip cost using the sensor data associated with vehicle and/or vehicle component wear and tear incurred during the trip, trip cost savings based on the pricing method, and presenting related coupons. Vehicle sharing cost may be determined for a vehicle use, driver, route, road conditions, parking behavior, weather, etc. based on data from vehicle sensors and external sensors to detect ambient and operating conditions. Sensor data may be communicated to cloud-based networks for processing, analysis, and cost determination using models associating sensor data with component wear, driver's characteristics, historical behavior, and related maintenance and repair cost.