Remotely controlling use of an on-demand electric vehicle
Remotely controlling use of an on demand electric vehicle is disclosed. In various embodiments, data associated with a vehicle is received via a communication interface. A determination is made based at least in part on the receive data that a condition associated with control of the vehicle is satisfied. In response to the determination, a communication to control the vehicle remotely in a manner associated with the condition is generated and sent to the vehicle. The vehicle includes a control module configured to control a controlled component comprising the vehicle in a manner indicated by the control communication.
1. A system, comprising:
a communication interface; and
a processor coupled to the communication interface and configured to:
receive via the communication interface data associated with a vehicle;
determine based at least in part on the received data that a condition associated with control of the vehicle is satisfied; and
generate in response to the determination and send to the vehicle via the communication interface instructions to park and lock the vehicle at a location;
receive via the communication interface an image of the vehicle at the location; and
process the image of the vehicle at the location to determine whether the vehicle is parked and locked correctly in a manner as indicated by the instructions to park and lock the vehicle.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle is an electric vehicle.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle is included in a fleet of vehicles made available for on demand use.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the received data indicates that a ride associated with the vehicle has ended.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the data associated with the vehicle includes location data associated with the vehicle.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to verify whether the vehicle is permitted to park at the location.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein in response to verifying that the vehicle is not permitted to park at the location, the processor prompts a user device to move to vehicle to a permitted location.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions to park are generic parking instructions.
9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions to park are specific parking instructions.
10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the received image is processed using a machine learning-trained classifier.
11. The system of claim 1 , wherein in response to a determination that the vehicle is not parked and/or locked correctly, the processor is configured to perform a responsive action.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein a user device is prompted to correctly park and/or lock the vehicle.
13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions to lock the vehicle at the location cause a physical lock to be released from a retracted state or stowed state.
14. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions to park and lock the vehicle at the location are specific to the location.
15. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions to park and lock the vehicle are provided to and displayed on a user device associated with the vehicle.
16. The system of claim 1 , wherein in response to receiving the instructions to park and location the vehicle, a user device associated with the vehicle is configured to provide a graphical representation of a correct location and manner to park the vehicle at the location.
17. The system of 16 , wherein the graphical representation includes one or more indications of where the vehicle is not permitted to be parked.
18. The system of claim 16 , wherein the graphical representation includes one or more indications of where the vehicle is permitted to be parked.
19. A method, comprising:
receiving via a communication interface data associated with a vehicle;
determining based at least in part on the received data that a condition associated with control of the vehicle is satisfied;
in response to the determination, generating and sending to the vehicle via the communication interface instructions to park and lock the vehicle at a location;
receiving via the communication interface an image of the vehicle at the location; and
processing the image of the vehicle at the location to determine whether the vehicle is parked and locked correctly in a manner as indicted by the instructions to park and lock the vehicle.
20. A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:
receiving via a communication interface data associated with a vehicle;
determining based at least in part on the received data that a condition associated with control of the vehicle is satisfied;
in response to the determination, generating and sending to the vehicle via the communication interface instructions to park and lock the vehicle at a location;
receiving via the communication interface an image of the vehicle at the location; and
processing the image of the vehicle at the location to determine whether the vehicle is parked and locked correctly in a manner as indicted by the instructions to park and lock the vehicle.