Graphical User Interfaces for Remotely Managing Climate Control Systems of a Fleet of Vehicles

A vehicular climate control system, comprising:

• a controller configured to receive at least one graphics instruction relating to a state of at least one vehicle's auxiliary power source;
• and
• a display, coupled to the controller, configured to display a graphical user interface (GUI) that includes:
• a parameter associated with the vehicular climate control system;
• and
• a ring surrounding the parameter, wherein the ring represents the state of the auxiliary power source that changes color, intensity, or size based on a degree of energy efficiency of the climate control system.

A method of displaying energy parameters or characteristics of a climate control system of at least one vehicle of a fleet of vehicles, the method comprising:

• at a server system, remote from the fleet of vehicles, having one or more processors, a receiver and a transmitter each coupled to the one or more processors, and memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory comprising one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors:
• receiving by the receiver, from a controller configured to be coupled to an electrically driven compressor of the climate control system, information relating to a state of an auxiliary power source powering the electrically driven compressor;
• determining, by the server, a degree of energy efficiency and a remaining runtime based on the state of the auxiliary power source;
• generating, by the transmitter, a graphics instruction based on the state of the auxiliary power source;
• transmitting, by the controller, the graphics instruction to display on a graphical user interface (GUI):
• (i) at least one parameter associated with the climate control system, and (ii) a ring surrounding the parameter, wherein the ring represents the state of the auxiliary power source that changes color, intensity, or size based on the degree of energy efficiency of the climate control system of the at least one vehicle.