Trip planning with energy constraint

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform operations comprising:

• receiving information corresponding at least to (i) a state of charge of an energy storage of a vehicle, (ii) route information corresponding to a planned driving route for the vehicle, and (iii) a predicted driver characteristic;
• determining, using the received information, a first energy-versus-distance measure for the planned driving route;
• presenting the first energy-versus-distance measure on a user interface associated with the vehicle;
• receiving, via the user interface, a user input to a drive simulator proposing a what-if scenario, the user input indicating a proposed change in at least the predicted driver characteristic, wherein the proposed change in the predicted driver characteristic would alter the first energy-versus-distance measure;
• determining, using the received information and the user input, a second energy-versus-distance measure for the planned driving route that takes into account the proposed change;
• and
• presenting the second energy-versus-distance measure on the user interface.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that when executed cause a processor to generate a first graphical user interface comprising:

• an area presenting a first energy-versus-distance measure for a planned driving route for an electric vehicle, the first energy-versus-distance measure determined using received information comprising at least (i) a state of charge of an energy storage of the electric vehicle, (ii) route information corresponding to the electric vehicle, and (iii) a predicted driver characteristic;
• and
• an input control for generating a user input to a drive simulator proposing a what-if scenario, the user input indicating a proposed change in at least the predicted driver characteristic, wherein the proposed change in the predicted driver characteristic would alter the first energy-versus-distance measure,
• and wherein a second energy-versus-distance measure for the planned driving route is determined using the received information and the user input and presented in the area, the second energy-versus-distance measure taking into account the proposed change.