US 12,228,415 B2
Managing electric vehicle range in changing surroundings
Kamalesh Bhambare, Novi, MI (US); and Aratz Harold Pinter Sanchez, Long Beach, CA (US)
Assigned to RIVIAN IP HOLDINGS, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by RIVIAN IP HOLDINGS, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/872,888.
Prior Publication US 2024/0027212 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. G01C 21/34 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B60L 58/26 (2019.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 21/3469 (2013.01) [B60H 1/0073 (2019.05); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B60L 58/26 (2019.02); G01C 21/3679 (2013.01); G01C 21/3697 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00733 (2019.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
determining, using control circuitry, an expected battery range of a vehicle for a route to a destination;
receiving status information associated with environmental conditions along the route;
determining, using the control circuitry, a change from the expected battery range based on the status information;
determining, from a plurality of modification stages, a modification stage based on the change, wherein:
the plurality of modification stages comprises a first modification stage and a second modification stage; and
the first modification stage modifies a first vehicle system and the second modification stage modifies a second vehicle system; and
modifying, using the control circuitry, an operating characteristic of one or more electrical components of a vehicle system corresponding to the determined modification stage to compensate for the change.