Information providing device

Abstract

Provided is an information providing device capable of adding financial value to a secondary battery. An information providing device 200 includes: a management unit 211 that manages price information relating to price of a financial product relating to a secondary battery; a first calculation unit 212 that calculates a first price of the financial product traded on a first date based on the price information; a second calculation unit 213 that calculates a second price of the financial product traded on a second date based on the price information; a difference calculating unit 214 that calculates a difference between the first price and the second price, and a cost determination unit 215 that determines a vehicle-related cost relating to a vehicle using the secondary battery based on the difference.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.