System and Method for Remotely Managing Climate Control Systems of a Fleet of Vehicles

A method for displaying energy information of a vehicle climate control system of at least one vehicle, the vehicle climate control system comprising a controller configured to be coupled to an electrically driven compressor powered by an auxiliary power source, the method comprising:

• receiving from a remote fleet server, via the controller, information relating to a state of the vehicle climate control system, including information regarding an energy efficiency of the vehicle climate control system;
• displaying a graphical representation of the state of the vehicle climate control system;
• after displaying the graphical representation, receiving from the remote fleet server updated energy efficiency information;
• and
• adjusting at least one visual characteristic of the graphical representation based on the updated energy efficiency information.

A method for displaying vehicular climate control system energy information, the method comprising:

• at a fleet server system remote from a fleet of vehicles, the fleet server system having one or more processors, a receiver, a transmitter, and memory coupled to the one or more processors:
• for each vehicle in the fleet of vehicles:
• receiving, from a controller configured to be coupled to an electrically driven compressor of a climate control system of the vehicle, information relating to a state of an auxiliary power source powering the electrically driven compressor;
• based on the state of the auxiliary power source:
• determining an energy parameter that includes one or more of:
• an energy efficiency value, and a potential remaining runtime of the auxiliary power source;
• and
• generating a graphics instruction to display a graphical representation of the state of the auxiliary power source, wherein at least one visual characteristic of the graphical representation is based on the energy parameter;
• and
• transmitting the graphics instruction to a user of the vehicle.

A method for concurrently managing climate control systems of a fleet of road vehicles, comprising:

• at a fleet server remote from the fleet of road vehicles, the fleet server having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors:
• receiving, from each vehicle of a plurality of vehicles in the fleet of road vehicles, information about a performance of a climate control system of the respective vehicle, each climate control system having a distinct electrically-driven heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system;
• determining based on the received performance information that a performance inefficiency exists for at least one vehicle of the fleet of vehicles;
• determining that the performance inefficiency is due to a particular faulty part;
• identifying a service center for the at least one vehicle based on a current route of the at least one vehicle;
• and
• transmitting a notification to a user of the at least one vehicle, the notification including an identification of the service center.