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Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 08, 2016
Applicant:

GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);

Inventors:

Peggy Wang, Shanghai, CN;

Michael O. Harpster, Jr., Oakland Township, MI (US);

Wenjing Yang, Shanghai, CN;

Eric Chen, Shanghai, CN;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3469 (2013.01); B60L 11/1861 (2013.01); G01C 21/3492 (2013.01);
Abstract

A navigation system for an electric vehicle includes an electrical energy storing device having a currently-available energy and a controller. The electric vehicle is at least partially operated by a driver. An off-board control module is operatively connected to a remote server and configured to communicate with the controller. The controller has a processor and tangible, non-transitory memory on which is recorded instructions for executing a method of determining a preferred route for travelling from a start location to an end location. The controller is programmed to obtain respective energy consumption for each of a plurality of routes based at least partially on a driving style profile of the driver.


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