Cost-based vehicle routing

A vehicle routing system, comprising:

• a vehicle;
• a processor of the vehicle;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor to store instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor of the vehicle to perform operations, the operations comprising
• receiving information identifying a destination for the vehicle;
• determining a plurality of possible routes from an origin to the destination;
• receiving vehicle data in real-time from a plurality of communicatively connected vehicles, wherein the vehicle data comprises consumption of energy along the plurality of possible routes for each of the plurality of communicatively connected vehicles and remaining battery life along the plurality of possible routes for each of the plurality of communicatively connected vehicles;
• determining a plurality of cost factors for the determined plurality of possible routes, wherein the cost factors comprise direct cost information for the determined plurality of possible routes and indirect cost information for the determined plurality of possible routes, the direct cost information comprising, for each of the determined plurality of possible routes, additional factors associated with energy consumption for a type of electric vehicle, the additional factors comprising the vehicle data from the plurality of communicatively connected vehicles, information used by a battery management system, including energy based on situational information and remaining consumption of battery life based on situational information-tracked on a per-driver basis;
• correlating the indirect cost information to each of the determined plurality of possible routes such that each of the determined plurality of possible routes corresponds to a different indirect cost factor;
• calculating a total cost for each of the determined plurality of possible routes in real-time as a combination of direct costs for each of the plurality of possible routes and indirect costs for each of the plurality of possible routes, wherein the calculating is performed in real-time during operation of the vehicle to the destination;
• and
• presenting to a user a determined lowest-total-cost route from among the determined plurality of possible routes, a determined lowest energy route from among the determined plurality of possible routes, and composite route scores based on per-driver preferences for each of the determined plurality of possible routes.