Information processing circuitry collects vehicle information and charger information. The charger information relates to a charger used for charging a vehicle. The charger and the vehicle in which consecutive fast charging has occurred are identified based on the vehicle information and the charger information. The consecutive fast charging includes executing fast charging a plurality of consecutive times. The charging support information is provided to an information terminal linked to the vehicle that has undergone the consecutive fast charging. The charging support information is configured to improve usability of the charging of the vehicle. The charging support information is provided to the information terminal through information communication using a communication network.

A navigation apparatus generates route guidance for an electric vehicle based on information on a battery power state of the electric vehicle. The navigation apparatus includes a driving route generating unit, a battery information acquiring unit, a mileage calculating unit and a driving information setting unit. The driving route generating unit receives destination information and generates a driving route corresponding to the destination information. The battery information acquiring unit obtains information about a minimum remaining amount of a battery of the electric vehicle input by a driver of the electric vehicle. The mileage calculating unit calculates an available driving distance of the electric vehicle based on a current remaining amount of the battery and the minimum remaining amount of the battery. The driving information setting unit sets information related to the driving route based on the available driving distance, and displays the information via a display apparatus.

An electric vehicle charging recommendation method is disclosed. The method may include obtaining a vehicle information associated with a vehicle, a driver information, and a vehicle trip information. The vehicle information may include a current state of charge (SOC) of a vehicle battery. The method may further include determining a distance to be travelled by the vehicle from a vehicle current location based on the vehicle trip information. The method may further include determining an expected SOC required to travel the distance from the vehicle current location based on the vehicle information, the driver information and the vehicle trip information. The method may additionally include transmitting a recommendation notification to a user device to charge the vehicle battery when the expected SOC may be greater than the current SOC.

A method of providing information related to a charge status of an electric vehicle when the electric vehicle is being used as a battery pack includes detecting, with a system controller in communication with an electrical system within the vehicle, when the electric vehicle is being used to provide power to an external electrical device, and when the electric vehicle is being used to provide power to an external electrical device, monitoring, with the system controller in communication with the electrical system within the electric vehicle, information related to a charge status of the electric vehicle, and providing notification, to a person in proximity to the electric vehicle, with the system controller, the charge status of the electric vehicle.

A vehicle determines a current state of charge of the vehicle and a current battery temperature of a battery of the vehicle. The vehicle, based on at least the state of charge and battery temperature, determines a charge acceptance rate for the battery and determines if the acceptance rate meets at least one predefined parameter for charging. The vehicle finds at least one charging station within a predefined proximity for which one or more known charge provision characteristics allow the at least one predefined parameter to be met, responsive to the acceptance rate meeting the at least one predefined parameter, and displays a location of the at least one charging station.

Disclosed herein a method for upshifting the transmission of a vehicle using shift entry prediction. The method may comprise predicting whether or not an upshift request of a vehicle will occur, determining whether or not a charge demand required for a battery through regeneration for upshift is greater than an allowable charge amount of the battery when the upshift request is predicted, controlling power consumption of the battery when the charge demand is greater than the allowable charge amount, and processing the upshift in response to an actual request of the upshift.

A mission management system for a heavy-duty vehicle, including processing circuitry configured to: receive a request for a transport mission; identify one or more available routes; identify, along said one or more available routes, energy supply stations which are suitable for re-supplying energy to the heavy-duty vehicle and which have available un-booked time slots for such re-supplying of energy; determine, for at least one available un-booked time slot of at least one of the identified energy supply stations, a probability of missing that time slot due to the heavy-duty vehicle arriving late to the energy supply station; select, based on the determined probability, a route and an energy re-supply plan associated thereto, for the heavy-duty vehicle for accomplishing said transport mission; and present the selected route and associated energy re-supply plan to a user interface and/or provide the selected route and associated energy re-supply plan for storage in a memory.

An energy storage apparatus 50 for a vehicle includes a cell 60, a current interruption device 53 which interrupts current of the cell 60, and a management device 120. When an abnormality of the cell 60 is detected while a vehicle 10 is traveling, the management device 120 changes control of the current interruption device 53 in accordance with a difference in state of the traveling vehicle 10.

A method is provided for monitoring the operation of a vehicle powered by a fuel cell and a battery. The method comprises the steps of determining an energy capacity of the vehicle, estimating an energy required for the vehicle to travel on a route to a destination, determining whether the energy required is greater than the energy capacity, and if it is determined that the energy required is greater than the energy capacity, sending a notification to alert a driver of the vehicle.

A charging system for a vehicle includes: power sources; an onboard charging module configured to recharge a selected one or more of the power sources; and a control module. The control module is configured to: determine whether the vehicle is decelerating; in response to determining that the vehicle is decelerating, acquire exterior sensor data from a sensors; based on the exterior sensor data, determine whether the vehicle is in dense surroundings; and based on whether the vehicle is in dense surroundings, enable recharging of the selected one or more of the power sources.