Autonomous vehicle route planning

An apparatus for route planning at an autonomous vehicle, the apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory coupled with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the apparatus to:
• receive a request to autonomously navigate to a destination;
• identify a stall factor on a route to the destination prior to departing to the destination, the stall factor delaying a time for arriving at the destination;
• determine whether an occupant of the autonomous vehicle is capable of manually operating the autonomous vehicle in a manual operating mode or a semi-manual operating mode;
• identify an alternate route to the destination based on identifying the stall factor and the occupant being incapable of manually operating the autonomous vehicle;
• and
• control the autonomous vehicle to drive on the alternate route instead of the route.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon for route planning at an autonomous vehicle, the program code executed by a processor and comprising:

• program code to receive a request to autonomously navigate to a destination;
• program code to identify a stall factor on a route to the destination prior to departing to the destination, the stall factor delaying a time for arriving at the destination;
• program code to determine whether an occupant of the autonomous vehicle is capable of manually operating the autonomous vehicle in a manual operating mode or a semi-manual operating mode;
• program code to identify an alternate route to the destination based on identifying the stall factor and the occupant being incapable of manually operating the autonomous vehicle;
• and
• program code to control the autonomous vehicle to drive on the alternate route instead of the route.