Abstract: A vehicle tutorial system includes a data storage device having at least one vehicle tutorial, an on-board identification sensor, an on-board vehicle communication device, a tutorial manager device located in a cloud computer and/or the remote device, and an on-board vehicle controller. The on-board vehicle controller is programmed to identify the user of the vehicle based on information from the on-board identification sensor, select the vehicle tutorial, select the remote device associated with the user of the vehicle, offer the vehicle tutorial to the user at a first time, and upon the user declining the offer at the first time, send the vehicle tutorial to the tutorial manager device. The tutorial manager device includes a processor programmed to offer the vehicle tutorial to the user at a time later than the first time on the on-board vehicle display or on the remote device.

Abstract: A method of monitoring usage of a charging station includes collecting probe data from a plurality of electric vehicles. The probe data includes charging activity history. A usage value associated with a charging station is determined based on the collected probe data. The usage value associated with the charging station is provided to a requesting electric vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle information providing device has a history information accumulation unit configured to sequentially acquire at least one of driving location information, power consumption information and charging facility information from an in-vehicle device of a vehicle having at least an electric motor as a traveling drive source and accumulate the at least one information as driving history information, an input unit configured to input at least a departure point and a destination point, a planned route acquisition unit configured to acquire a planned route from the departure point to the destination point, and a map memory configured to store a control map in which a route of section and a characteristic value are associated with each other on a basis of the driving history information accumulated in the history information accumulation unit.

Abstract: A vehicle tutorial system includes a data storage device having at least one vehicle tutorial, an on-board identification sensor, an on-board vehicle communication device, a tutorial manager device located in a cloud computer and/or the remote device, and an on-board vehicle controller. The on-board vehicle controller is programmed to identify the user of the vehicle based on information from the on-board identification sensor, select the vehicle tutorial, select the remote device associated with the user of the vehicle, offer the vehicle tutorial to the user at a first time, and upon the user declining the offer at the first time, send the vehicle tutorial to the tutorial manager device. The tutorial manager device includes a processor programmed to offer the vehicle tutorial to the user at a time later than the first time on the on-board vehicle display or on the remote device.

Abstract: A vehicle information providing device provides route information to vehicles. The vehicle information providing device has a history information accumulation unit that sequentially acquires at least one of driving location information, power consumption information and charging location information from vehicle-mounted devices of a plurality of vehicle, and stores as driving history information. A presentation route is determined by extracting the stored driving history information. The stored driving history information is referenced to determine a route travelled from the departure-point range to the target-point range, from among the routes travelled by the vehicle as the presentation route. Also, the vehicle information providing device alters the search conditions and the search is performed again, when there are no routes traveling from the departure location range to the destination range within a predetermined range.

Abstract: A system and method of predicting future demand of a charging station include collecting probe data from a plurality of electric vehicles. The probe data includes charging activity history of the plurality of electric vehicles. A usage pattern of a charging station is determined based on the probe data for the charging station. A future demand for the charging station is predicted by applying the usage pattern to a factor associated with a requesting electric vehicle. The predicted future demand for the charging station is provided to the requesting electric vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle information providing device has a history information accumulation unit configured to sequentially acquire at least one of driving location information, power consumption information and charging facility information from an in-vehicle device of a vehicle having at least an electric motor as a traveling drive source and accumulate the at least one information as driving history information, an input unit configured to input at least a departure point and a destination point, a planned route acquisition unit configured to acquire a planned route from the departure point to the destination point, and a map memory configured to store a control map in which a route of section and a characteristic value are associated with each other on a basis of the driving history information accumulated in the history information accumulation unit.

Abstract: A computer-aided method for marketing to subjects in a social media platform over the internet comprises supplementing social media data derived from a social media platform and representing candidate subjects for marketing with demographic data derived from outside social media platforms and representing attributes of a population by assigning, in data, the candidate subjects with demographic tags that indicate an attribute of their population. A cluster of target subjects for marketing is selected, from the data, from among the candidate subjects based on the demographic tags, and a marketing message is sent, over the internet using a social media platform, to at least one of the target subjects in the cluster.

Abstract: A vehicle information providing device provides route information to vehicles. The vehicle information providing device has a history information accumulation unit that sequentially acquires at least one of driving location information, power consumption information and charging location information from vehicle-mounted devices of a plurality of vehicle, and accumulates this as driving history information. A presentation route determination unit extracts driving location information from the history information accumulation unit, searches for a route that has been traveled from a departure point range to a destination point range from among the traveled routes, and determines the searched route as a presentation route. A presentation information determination unit extracts driving history information from the history information accumulation unit and determines one of power consumed while traveling and charging hubs passed when driving along the presentation route.

Abstract: A vehicle information providing device provides route information to vehicles. The vehicle information providing device has a history information accumulation unit that sequentially acquires at least one of driving location information, power consumption information and charging location information from vehicle-mounted devices of a plurality of vehicle, and accumulates this as driving history information. The vehicle information providing device has a presentation information provision unit that provides information regarding a presentation route in which the information regarding the presentation route is presented in a form such that routes in a vicinity of the private location cannot be identified, when the presentation route is determined to include at least one private location.

Abstract: A vehicle information providing device provides route information to vehicles. The vehicle information providing device has a history information accumulation unit that sequentially acquires at least one of driving location information, power consumption information and charging location information from vehicle-mounted devices of a plurality of vehicle, and accumulates this as driving history information. A composite route generation unit generates a composite route by combining a plurality of routes traveled by the same vehicle or by a plurality of vehicles. A presentation information provision unit provides information regarding the composite routes that are generated by the composite route generation unit.

Abstract: A vehicle information providing device provides route information to vehicles. The vehicle information providing device has a history information accumulation unit that sequentially acquires at least one of driving location information, power consumption information and charging location information from vehicle-mounted devices of a plurality of vehicle, and accumulates this as driving history information. A presentation route determination unit extracts driving location information from the history information accumulation unit, searches for a route that has been traveled from a departure point range to a destination point range from among the traveled routes, and determines the searched route as a presentation route. A presentation information determination unit extracts driving history information from the history information accumulation unit and determines one of power consumed while traveling and charging hubs passed when driving along the presentation route.

Abstract: A vehicle information providing device provides route information to vehicles. The vehicle information providing device has a history information accumulation unit that sequentially acquires at least one of driving location information, power consumption information and charging location information from vehicle-mounted devices of a plurality of vehicle, and stores as driving history information. A presentation route is determined by extracting the stored driving history information. The stored driving history information is referenced to determine a route travelled from the departure-point range to the target-point range, from among the routes travelled by the vehicle as the presentation route. Also, the vehicle information providing device alters the search conditions and the search is performed again, when there are no routes traveling from the departure location range to the destination range within a predetermined range.

Abstract: A vehicle information providing device provides route information to vehicles. The vehicle information providing device has a history information accumulation unit that sequentially acquires at least one of driving location information, power consumption information and charging location information from vehicle-mounted devices of a plurality of vehicle, and accumulates this as driving history information. The vehicle information providing device has a presentation information provision unit that provides information regarding a presentation route in which the information regarding the presentation route is presented in a form such that routes in a vicinity of the private location cannot be identified, when the presentation route is determined to include at least one private location.

Abstract: A system and method of predicting usage of a charging station includes collecting charging activity history of a plurality of charging stations. A charging station is determined associated with a requesting electric vehicle. A future demand for the charging station is predicted based on the collected charging activity history. A predicted usage value of the charging station is provided based on the predicted future demand for an estimated time of arrival of the requesting electric vehicle at the charging station.

Abstract: A system and method of predicting future demand of a charging station include collecting probe data from a plurality of electric vehicles. The probe data includes charging activity history of the plurality of electric vehicles. A usage pattern of a charging station is determined based on the probe data for the charging station. A future demand for the charging station is predicted by applying the usage pattern to a factor associated with a requesting electric vehicle. The predicted future demand for the charging station is provided to the requesting electric vehicle.

Abstract: A method of monitoring usage of a charging station includes collecting probe data from a plurality of electric vehicles. The probe data includes charging activity history. A usage value associated with a charging station is determined based on the collected probe data. The usage value associated with the charging station is provided to a requesting electric vehicle.

Abstract: Methods and systems for financing community shared vehicles are based in part on the amenity value of the community shared vehicle program. One method for determining an amenity value of a community shared vehicle program comprises collecting data on a plurality of factors of the community shared vehicle program over a period of time, determining a contributing value of each of the plurality of factors based on the data collected and calculating with a computer the amenity value of the community shared vehicle program per home in a serviced community from the value of each of the plurality of factors.

Abstract: Methods and systems provide a derivative financing product for a community shared vehicle program by establishing a line of credit for each participating home to pay for the community shared vehicle program. The line of credit derives value from both tangible and intangible values of the community shared vehicle program. The line of credit is established by estimating a total home value per participating home at a start of a financing term based on an estimated amenity value of the community shared vehicle program for the financing term and a number of participating homes, estimating a cost of the community shared vehicle program for the financing term per participating home and determining a periodic payment per participating home based on periodic payment throughout the financing term to be paid from the line of credit to cover the total cost of the community shared vehicle program while providing a profit.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for monitoring a vehicle, and in particular, for monitoring a vehicle to determine a vehicle condition based on operational factors to incentivize or penalize a driver. One method of monitoring a vehicle comprises providing the vehicle to a driver for a term, the vehicle associated with a base vehicle condition, collecting operational data of the vehicle during the term, manipulating the operational data of the vehicle periodically throughout the term to arrive at an updated vehicle condition and providing an incentive or a penalty to the driver based on the updated vehicle condition.