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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2023
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Daisuke Tsutsumi, Nagoya, JP;
Makoto Kakuchi, Toyota, JP;
Yurika Tanaka, Yokosuka, JP;
Kazuya Tsuchiya, Toyota, JP;
Hiroaki Sugiyama, Nagoya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A taxi vehicle management method includes: evaluating, based on DR contribution history information, a degree of contribution to demand response for energy management by a driver of a taxi vehicle, the DR contribution history information indicating a history of contribution to the DR by the driver using a power storage device of the taxi vehicle; and determining a calculation formula of a fare of the taxi vehicle driven by the driver, using a result of evaluation of the degree of contribution by the driver. The determining the calculation formula of the fare includes determining the calculation formula of the fare such that the fare becomes lower as the degree of contribution to the DR by the driver becomes higher.