Fee setting device and fee setting method for car sharing fee
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAya Onodera, Akihiko Nakanishi, Takumi Hamajima, Yusuke Tsutsui
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Abstract
When a first electric vehicle is reserved, a fee setting device estimates an SOC of the first electric vehicle at the time of arrival at a destination as a first estimated SOC. When the fee setting device determines that the first estimated SOC is less than a predetermined value, the fee setting device sets a vehicle change station and presents it to a user. When the user changes the first electric vehicle to a second electric vehicle at the vehicle change station, the fee setting device applies a first vehicle change discount to a utilization fee for the second electric vehicle.
Claims7
A fee setting device for setting a utilization fee for sharing an electric vehicle, the fee setting device comprising:
- a vehicle change location setting unit configured to set a vehicle change location for changing a first electric vehicle to a second electric vehicle, based on designated place of departure and destination;
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- a fee setting unit configured to set the utilization fee,
- in a first case where the first electric vehicle is changed to the second electric vehicle at a first vehicle change location, the fee setting unit being configured to set the utilization fee to be lower than that in a second case where the first electric vehicle is not changed to the second electric vehicle at the first vehicle change location.
A method for setting a utilization fee for sharing an electric vehicle, the method comprising:
- setting a vehicle change location for changing a first electric vehicle to a second electric vehicle, based on designated place of departure and destination;
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- setting the utilization fee in a case where the first electric vehicle is changed to the second electric vehicle at the vehicle change location, to be lower than that in a case where the first electric vehicle is not changed to the second electric vehicle at the vehicle change location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.