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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Sudipto Aich, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David Melcher, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Zachary David Nelson, Detroit, MI (US);
Christopher Peplin, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jamel Seagraves, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle system includes a charging interface that is configured to connect to a bicycle battery and a processing device programmed to determine a state of charge of the bicycle battery. The processing device further estimates traveling ranges of a vehicle and a bicycle. The vehicle system further includes a navigation module programmed to generate a route to a selected destination based on the estimated traveling ranges of the vehicle and the bicycle.