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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2024
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (US);
David Hamilton, Corvallis, OR (US);
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (US);
Abstract
A method for generating a map of energy utilization by a vehicle to facilitate routing, the method comprises selecting a start point and an end point for a vehicle within a route network. The method includes estimating an energy utilization for one or more routes within the route network for the vehicle from the start point to one or more respective intermediate points within the route network and from the one or more respective intermediate points to the end point and/or from the end point to the one or more respective intermediate points and from the one or more respective intermediate points to the start point, based at least partially on an estimated regenerative energy production along the one or more routes by the vehicle. The method includes selecting at least one preferred route from the route network based at least partially on the energy utilization.