Vehicle Systems for Displaying Information and Methods for Operating the Same

A method for displaying information from a vehicle, the method comprising:

• determining whether an occupant is within the vehicle;
• determining whether the vehicle is in a disengaged mode;
• determining a temperature within the vehicle;
• and
• in response to determining that (1) the occupant is within the vehicle, (2) that the vehicle is in the disengaged mode, and (3) that the detected temperature within the vehicle exceeds a configurable threshold, directing a display to show a message to persons outside the vehicle.

A vehicle comprising:

• an occupancy detection device;
• a power source;
• an electronic computing device;
• a display positioned on at least one window of the vehicle;
• and
• a vehicle controller communicatively coupled to the occupancy detection device, the power source, the electronic computing device, and the display, the vehicle controller comprising a processor and a non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium comprising a computer readable and executable instruction set, which, when executed, causes the processor to:
• receive a signal from the occupancy detection device;
• determine, based at least in part on the signal from the occupancy detection device, whether an occupant is positioned within the vehicle;
• receive a signal from at least one of the power source the electronic computing device;
• determine, based at least in part on the signal from the at least one of the power source and the electronic computing device, whether the vehicle is in a disengaged mode;
• and
• in response to determining that the occupant is not positioned within the vehicle and the vehicle is in the disengaged mode, send a signal to the display to increase an opacity of the display.