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Systems and methods for managing a vehicle fleet

  • US 10,223,655 B2
  • Filed: 09/05/2013
  • Issued: 03/05/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2013
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A fleet management system for managing a plurality of vehicles, the system comprising:

  • a processor configured to execute instructions associated with the fleet management system;

    a receiving module configured to receive data related to a deposit of a personally owned vehicle from an owner of the vehicle, the deposit being of a predetermined duration, and to provide the data to the processor;

    a request module configured to receive a travel request from a traveler other than the owner, and to provide the travel request to the processor;

    a classification module, executed by the processor, configured to assign each vehicle of the vehicle fleet an emission classification based on at least one of vehicle capacity, vehicle efficiency, and emissions profile, particularly carbon and NOx emissions;

    a tracking module, implemented by the processor, configured to track actual, real-time vehicle emissions and fuel-efficiency data, and emissions credits obtained by the vehicle fleet based on excess emissions capacity provided by the vehicle fleet;

    a storage device for storing and indexing the emission classification associated with the at least one personally owned vehicle,andan assignment module, implemented by the processor, configured to assign the personally owned vehicle for use by the traveler during the predetermined duration based on the travel request, the actual, real-time vehicle emissions and fuel-efficiency data, the emissions credits obtained by the vehicle fleet, and at least the emission classification of the personally owned vehicle to mitigate an emissions footprint of the fleet to maximize the emissions credits obtained by the vehicle fleet.

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