Reducing autonomous vehicle downtime and idle data usage

A computing system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more tangible, non-transitory, computer readable media that store instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:
• obtaining data associated with an autonomous vehicle that is online with a service entity and is in an idle state;
• obtaining data indicative of a geographic area with an imbalance in a number of vehicles associated with the geographic area, wherein the imbalance comprises a surplus or a deficit in the number of vehicles;
• determining the autonomous vehicle for re-positioning to the geographic area based at least in part on the data associated with the autonomous vehicle and the data indicative of the geographic area;
• and
• communicating data indicative of a re-positioning assignment associated with the autonomous vehicle, wherein the re-positioning assignment is indicative of the geographic area, wherein the first re-positioning assignment indicates that the first autonomous vehicle is to travel to the geographic area.

One or more tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media that store instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• obtaining data indicative of a geographic area with an imbalance in a number of vehicles associated with the geographic area;
• determining one or more autonomous vehicles for re-positioning with respect to the geographic area, wherein the one or more autonomous vehicles are online with a service entity and are in an idle state, and wherein the service entity is associated with the provision of one or more vehicle services within the geographic area;
• and
• communicating data indicative of one or more re-positioning assignments associated with the one or more autonomous vehicles, wherein the one or more re-positioning assignments are indicative of the geographic area, wherein the first re-positioning assignment indicates that the first autonomous vehicle is to travel to the geographic area.