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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2009
Erica Klampfl, Canton, MI (US);
Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Kacie Alane Theisen, Novi, MI (US);
Yimin Liu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Thomas J. Giuii, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Perry Robinson Macneille, Lathrup Village, MI (US);
Erica Klampfl, Canton, MI (US);
Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Kacie Alane Theisen, Novi, MI (US);
Yimin Liu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Thomas J. Giuii, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Perry Robinson MacNeille, Lathrup Village, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for generating a fueling strategy that generally minimizes fueling costs for a specified route to be traveled by a vehicle during a multi-day time period may include, based on current and forecasted fuel prices for the multi-day time period, (i) selecting at least one day during the multi-day time period on which to purchase fuel, (ii) selecting at least one fueling station along the route at which to purchase fuel for each selected day, and (iii) determining an amount of fuel to purchase at each selected fueling station.