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AssigneeTrue Car, Inc.
InventorsMichael D. Swinson, Joel Martin Lander
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Systems and methods for assisting a vehicle owner in making decisions regarding when to replace a vehicle by determining a vehicle owner's satisfaction with the vehicle relative to the cost of owning the vehicle. In one embodiment, a system is configured to provide a model for owner satisfaction which is based on historical vehicle replacement information, but is tailored to a particular owner according to user input. An owner satisfaction curve is produced from this model and is compared to a cost-of-ownership curve that is tailored to the vehicle and possibly also the user. The owner satisfaction curve is compared to the cost-of-ownership curve to enable the user to determine where the cost of ownership exceeds the owner's satisfaction, and the vehicle should be replaced.
A system for determining costs of vehicle ownership, the system comprising:
A method for determining costs of vehicle ownership in a vehicle data system which is communicatively coupled to one or more client devices, the method comprising:
A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer instructions that are translatable by a processor to perform:
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