Abstract: A method for controlling a vehicle includes identifying a user identity associated with a user riding in the vehicle, determining a destination associated with the user identity, creating a detection zone proximate to the vehicle when the vehicle is localized in a first drop-off location associated with the destination, causing a sensory system to identify a hazard within the detection zone and generate a localization of the hazard, determining that a first probability of realizing a risk associated with the hazard is less than a first probability threshold, and generating a vehicle door actuation that permits the user to exit the vehicle based on the first probability of realizing the risk.

Abstract: The disclosure describes systems and methods for determining and adjusting a parking position of a vehicle. In particular, the vehicle may determine a first parking space where the vehicle can move to a second parking space and exit the second parking space in a forward direction.

Abstract: A method for controlling a vehicle includes identifying a user identity associated with a user riding in the vehicle, determining a destination associated with the user identity, creating a detection zone proximate to the vehicle when the vehicle is localized in a first drop-off location associated with the destination, causing a sensory system to identify a hazard within the detection zone and generate a localization of the hazard, determining that a first probability of realizing a risk associated with the hazard is less than a first probability threshold, and generating a vehicle door actuation that permits the user to exit the vehicle based on the first probability of realizing the risk.

Abstract: Vehicle payment communications systems and methods are disclosed herein. An example method can include identifying a shared payment device, the shared payment device being a connected vehicle, transmitting a shared payment request to the shared payment device, the shared payment device authorizing a shared payment for the payment of a good or service to a merchant, receiving an indication that the shared payment has been authorized and completed in accordance with the shared payment request, and obtaining the good or service from the merchant.

Abstract: The disclosure describes systems and methods for determining and adjusting a parking position of a vehicle. In particular, the vehicle may determine a first parking space where the vehicle can move to a second parking space and exit the second parking space in a forward direction.

Abstract: Example embodiments described herein are generally directed to a navigation system that generates a pedestrian travel path based on various types of data stored in a database, such as, for example, a map, a blueprint, a historical record, a public record, and/or a personal record. In an example embodiment, the data may be obtained by executing a crowdsourcing procedure, where multiple individuals provide various types of information such as, information about an underground walkway, an elevated walkway, an unpaved pedestrian path, weather conditions, handicap-friendly pathways, and handicap-friendly structures. In an example application, a navigation device receives a navigation request that includes a start spot and an end spot for a pedestrian trip. The navigation device evaluates data stored in a database and uses the data to generate a pedestrian travel path that may include an underground walkway, an elevated walkway, an unpaved pedestrian path, and/or an enclosed pedestrian path.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for on-demand fuel delivery are disclosed herein. An example method includes predicting, by executing an instruction with a processor, a vehicle usage event for a vehicle. The predicted vehicle usage event is associated with a fuel amount. The example method includes comparing a fuel level of the vehicle and the fuel amount. The example method includes automatically generating, via the processor, a refuel request for the vehicle based on the comparison and transmitting the refuel request to a mobile device. The refuel request is to be viewable via a user interface at the mobile device.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for infrastructure-centric vehicle mode selection. An example vehicle includes a GPS receiver to provide a location of the vehicle, memory storing instructions, and a processor. The example processor, when executing the instructions, causes the vehicle to (a) when the vehicle is in a vicinity of an infrastructure of interest, determine a low traction anomaly value, and (b) in response to the a low traction anomaly value satisfying a threshold, change a driving mode of the vehicle.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for infrastructure-centric vehicle mode selection. An example vehicle includes a GPS receiver to provide a location of the vehicle, memory storing instructions, and a processor. The example processor, when executing the instructions, causes the vehicle to (a) when the vehicle is in a vicinity of an infrastructure of interest, determine a low traction anomaly value, and (b) in response to the a low traction anomaly value satisfying a threshold, change a driving mode of the vehicle.