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Range prediction in fleet management of electric and fuel-cell vehicles

  • US 6,826,460 B2
  • Filed: 08/27/2003
  • Issued: 11/30/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for managing electric and fuel cell vehicles in a fleet comprising:

  • a plurality of vehicles, each vehicle having a sensor measuring remaining electrical energy available from electrical cells or fuel cells as a first data item, a GPS sensor measuring vehicle position as a second data item and a first communications device transmitting the first and second data items, and a computer having a task input means, a second communications device receiving the first and second data items and a data base associated with a means for predicting vehicle range from the first data item, the computer linking task inputs with predicted vehicle range and the second data item.

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