Effect of multiple rules of the road at different elevation profiles on speed constraints and fuel consumption

A vehicle designed to optimize fuel consumption, comprising:

• an optimization engine configured to optimize a fuel economy of a vehicle by selecting a speed profile within that maintains the vehicle within an assigned range of speeds and minimizes fuel consumption, the optimization engine configured to:
• a. detect a first location of the vehicle via a localization mechanism;
• b. receive a destination for the vehicle;
• c. compute a first route from the first location to a destination;
• d. compute a second route from the first location to the destination, wherein the second route differs from the first route;
• e. compute a first total fuel consumption of the vehicle on the first route;
• f. compute a second total fuel consumption of the vehicle on the second route;
• g. compare the first total fuel consumption and the second total fuel consumption and choose one of the first route and the second route based on the associated first and second total fuel consumption;
• h. change the throttle setting to move the vehicle along the chosen first route or second route;
• i. detect a second location of the vehicle via the localization mechanism;
• j. compute a third route from the second location to a destination;
• k. compute a fourth route from the second location to the destination, wherein the fourth route differs from the first route;
• l. compute a third total fuel consumption of the vehicle on the third route;
• m. compute a fourth total fuel consumption of the vehicle on the fourth route;
• n. compare the third total fuel consumption and the fourth total fuel consumption and choose one of the third route and the fourth route based on the associated third and fourth total fuel consumption;
• o. change the throttle setting to adjust the acceleration profile based on the chosen third route or fourth route.