Apparatuses, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products for energy-based travel pathway planning

An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one non-transitory memory having computer-coded instructions stored thereon that, in execution with at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:

• obtain travel pathway data for a vehicle, the travel pathway data defining a sequence of legs to travel, wherein each leg is associated with a vehicle station;
• retrieve a vehicle station dataset comprising vehicle station data for each vehicle station corresponding to at least one leg of the sequence of legs, wherein:
• the vehicle station data for a respective vehicle station comprises at least one vehicle station status reported by an additional vehicle;
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• the at least one vehicle station status indicates at least one of turbulence at the vehicle station, a wind condition at the vehicle station, or a precipitation condition at the vehicle station;
• receive a current battery status of the vehicle, the current battery status indicative of a battery dissipation rate;
• receive a payload dataset comprising respective payload data for each vehicle station;
• generate, for each particular leg in accordance with the sequence of legs and based at least in part on (i) the current battery status of the vehicle, (ii) the travel pathway data, (iii) at least a portion of the vehicle station dataset, and (iv) at least a portion of the payload dataset, a required battery level for the vehicle to traverse the particular leg in the sequence of legs;
• generate, for each particular leg in accordance with the sequence of legs and based at least in part on (i) the current battery status of the vehicle, (ii) the travel pathway data, and (iii) at least the portion of the vehicle station dataset, and (iv) at least the portion of the payload dataset an estimated remaining battery level of the vehicle upon arrival at the vehicle station corresponding to the particular leg;
• generate, based at least in part on (i) the estimated remaining battery levels, (ii) the required battery levels, and (iii) the vehicle station dataset, an indication for each particular vehicle station representing whether to perform at that particular vehicle station at least one adjustment operation;
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• render a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising, for each leg of the sequence of legs, the indication of whether to perform the at least one adjustment operation at the particular vehicle station corresponding to the leg.

A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer program code stored thereon that, in execution with at least one processor, is configured to:

• obtain travel pathway data for a vehicle, the travel pathway data defining a sequence of legs to travel, wherein each leg is associated with a vehicle station;
• retrieve a vehicle station dataset comprising vehicle station data for each vehicle station corresponding to at least one leg of the sequence of legs, wherein the vehicle station data for a respective vehicle station comprises at least one vehicle station status reported by an additional vehicle;
• receive a current battery status of the vehicle, the current battery status indicative of a battery dissipation rate;
• receive a payload dataset comprising respective payload data for each vehicle station;
• generate, for each particular leg in accordance with the sequence of legs and based at least in part on (i) the current battery status of the vehicle, (ii) the travel pathway data, (iii) at least a portion of the vehicle station dataset, and (iv) at least a portion of the payload dataset, a required battery level for the vehicle to traverse the particular leg in the sequence of legs;
• generate, for each particular leg in accordance with the sequence of legs and based at least in part on (i) the current battery status of the vehicle, (ii) the travel pathway data, and (iii) at least the portion of the vehicle station dataset, and (iv) at least the portion of the payload dataset an estimated remaining battery level of the vehicle upon arrival at the vehicle station corresponding to the particular leg;
• generate, based at least in part on (i) the estimated remaining battery levels, (ii) the required battery levels, and (iii) the vehicle station dataset, an indication for each particular vehicle station representing whether to perform at that particular vehicle station at least one adjustment operation;
• render a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising, for each leg of the sequence of legs, the indication of whether to perform the at least one adjustment operation at the particular vehicle station corresponding to the leg, wherein:
• the at least one adjustment operation comprises a swapping of the battery of the vehicle;
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• the sequence of legs comprises an origin leg, a terminal leg, and an intermediary leg sequenced between the origin leg and the terminal leg;
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• in response to generating a particular indication to perform the swapping of the battery at the vehicle station corresponding to the intermediary leg, reorder the sequence of travel along the sequence of legs based on battery efficiency.