Methods for providing a vehicle with fuel purchasing options

A method for providing a vehicle with fuel purchasing options, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a server, a destination of travel, vehicle data, and a request for fuel price from a vehicle communications platform disposed in the vehicle, the vehicle data including a vehicle identifier and a current location of the vehicle;
• determining, at the server, a route between the current location of the vehicle and the destination;
• calculating, at the server, a number of refueling events to enable the vehicle to complete the route;
• identifying a number of fuel retailer offers for use between the current location of the vehicle and the destination, wherein each of the number of refueling events is associated with at least one of the number of fuel retailer offers, and wherein a fuel retailer associated with each of the fuel retailer offers is located within a preset deviation from the determined route;
• calculating, at the server, a total cost of fuel to complete the route utilizing the number of fuel retailer offers;
• prioritizing the number of fuel retailer offers according to the total cost calculation;
• and
• transmitting the prioritized number of fuel retailer offers to the vehicle communications platform.

A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium containing computer-readable instructions embodied thereon, the medium comprising:

• computer-readable instructions for identifying a plurality of fuel retailers that are within a distance drivable by a vehicle based on a current fuel level of the vehicle and are within a preset deviation of a vehicle location;
• computer-readable instructions for determining offers from the plurality of fuel retailers based on a distance of the vehicle from the fuel retailer and an amount of fuel needed by the vehicle, wherein the offers are valid for a set period of time;
• and
• computer-readable instructions for transmitting the offers to a vehicle communications platform of the vehicle.