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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2005
Steve Tengler, Grosse Pointe Park, MI (US);
Ronald Heft, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Steve Tengler, Grosse Pointe Park, MI (US);
Ronald Heft, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Nissan Technical Center North America, Inc., Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle fuel informational system is provided with a fuel level determination component, an onboard vehicle positioning component, an onboard vehicle navigation component and a low fuel notification component. The fuel level determination component determines a fuel level of a host vehicle equipped with the vehicle fuel informational system. The onboard vehicle positioning component determines a host vehicle's position of the host vehicle equipped with the vehicle positioning component. The onboard vehicle navigation component provides vehicle route information for a desired vehicle route of the host vehicle. The low fuel notification component provides a low fuel alert notification that is indicative of a low fuel and automatically recommends a suggested fuel provider at least partially based on at least one of the host vehicle's position of the host vehicle and the desired vehicle route.