Vehicle management system
A vehicle management system includes electric vehicles and a server. The electric vehicles each include a first calculator and a navigator. The server includes a transceiver, a manager, a second calculator, and a charging processor. The manager is configured to manage group data of the electric vehicles traveling in a group. The second calculator is configured to calculate a traveling route along which a charging facility is set as a stopover point, based on a destination and cruising distances. The charging processor is configured to determine a charging priority of the electric vehicles traveling in the group when a traveling distance from a current position of one or more of the electric vehicles to the charging facility is within a predetermined traveling distance, and guide, to the charging facility, one or more of the electric vehicles chargeable at the charging facility, based on the determined charging priority.
1 . A vehicle management system comprising:
electric vehicles, each electric vehicle comprising
at least one first processor and at least one non-transitory first memory storing a program that, when executed by the at least one first processor, causes the at least one first processor to:
calculate a cruising distance of a respective electric vehicle based on a remaining charge amount of the respective electric vehicle; and
provide a guidance on a traveling route from the respective electric vehicle to a charging facility and a destination; and
a server that is communicably coupled to each of the electric vehicles and comprises;
a transceiver configured to transmit and receive data on the traveling route, the data on the traveling route including at least a destination and the cruising distance of the respective electric vehicle; and
at least one second processor and at least one non-transitory second memory storing a program that, when executed by the at least one second processor, causes the at least one second processor to:
manage group data of the electric vehicles traveling together as a group, the group data including at least members of the group;
calculate the traveling route along which the charging facility is set as a stopover point, based on the data on the traveling route;
determine that a traveling distance from a current position of one or more of the electric vehicles traveling in the group to the charging facility set as the stopover point is within a predetermined traveling distance;
in response to determining that the traveling distance is within the predetermined traveling distance, determine a charging priority of the electric vehicles traveling in the group;
select, based on the determined charging priority and a usage status of the charging facility set as the stopover point, one or more of the electric vehicles traveling in the group and chargeable at the charging facility; and
guide, to the charging facility, the selected one or more of the electric vehicles, based on the determined charging priority.
2 . The vehicle management system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one second processor is caused to determine the one or more of the electric vehicles to be guided to the charging facility, based on the charging priority and a usage status of the charging facility.
3 . The vehicle management system according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one second processor is caused to transmit, via the transceiver to one or more of the electric vehicles unguided to the charging facility, data on the traveling route, calculated by the at least one second processor, along which a new charging facility is set as the stopover point.
4 . A vehicle management system comprising:
electric vehicles, each electric vehicle comprising first circuitry configured to:
calculate a cruising distance of a respective electric vehicle based on a remaining charge amount of the respective electric vehicle; and
cause a navigator to provide a guidance on a traveling route from the respective electric vehicle to a charging facility and a destination; and
a server that is communicably coupled to each of the electric vehicles and comprises second circuitry configured to:
cause a transceiver to transmit and receive data on the traveling route, the data on the traveling route including at least a destination and the cruising distance of the respective electric vehicle;
manage group data of the electric vehicles traveling together as a group, the group data including at least members of the group;
calculate the traveling route along which the charging facility is set as a stopover point, based on the data on the traveling route;
determine that a traveling distance from a current position of one or more of the electric vehicles traveling in the group to the charging facility set as the stopover point is within a predetermined traveling distance;
in response to determining that the traveling distance is within the predetermined traveling distance, determine a charging priority of the electric vehicles traveling in the group;
select, based on the determined charging priority and a usage status of the charging facility set as the stopover point, one or more of the electric vehicles traveling in the group and chargeable at the charging facility; and
guide, to the charging facility, the selected one or more of the electric vehicles, based on the determined charging priority.