Temperature regulation for autonomous vehicle delivery

A method for regulating temperature for autonomous vehicle delivery, comprising:

• receiving a delivery request including a selected temperature;
• selecting an autonomous vehicle to fulfill the delivery request, wherein the autonomous vehicle has a delivery container;
• measuring a delivery container temperature at a thermal management system;
• determining, at the thermal management system, external temperatures external to the delivery container, including:
• determining a surrounding environment air temperature, wherein a surrounding environment is an area adjacent to an exterior of the delivery container inside the autonomous vehicle, and
• determining an outside air temperature, wherein outside air is exterior to the autonomous vehicle;
• and
• determining, at the thermal management system, that at least one of air from the surrounding environment and outside air can be used to adjust the delivery container temperature closer to the selected temperature;
• adjusting, by the thermal management system, the delivery container temperature to correspond to the selected temperature, wherein adjusting the delivery container temperature includes:
• inputting to the delivery container, via an input line, at least one of air from the surrounding environment and outside air.

A system for autonomous vehicle delivery, comprising:

• a plurality of autonomous vehicles each having a respective delivery container, each delivery container having an input line configured to connect the delivery container with at least one of air from the surrounding environment and outside air;
• and
• a remote computing system configured to:
• receive a package delivery request including a selected temperature, and
• select an autonomous vehicle from the plurality of autonomous vehicles to fulfill the package delivery request,
• wherein each of the plurality of autonomous vehicles is configured to:
• measure a delivery container temperature of the respective delivery container;
• determine external temperatures external to the respective delivery container, including:
• determine a surrounding environment air temperature, wherein a surrounding environment is an area adjacent to an exterior of the respective delivery container inside the respective autonomous vehicle,
• determine an outside air temperature, wherein outside air is exterior to the respective autonomous vehicle;
• and
• determine that at least one of air from the surrounding environment and outside air can be used to adjust the delivery container temperature closer to the selected temperature;
• adjust a delivery container temperature of the respective delivery container to correspond to the selected temperature, wherein adjusting the delivery container temperature includes:
• inputting to the delivery container, via the input line at least one of air from the surrounding environment and outside air.

A vehicle for delivering packages, comprising:

• a delivery container including an input line configured to connect the delivery container with at least one of air from the surrounding environment and outside air, wherein an inside of the delivery container is temperature regulated;
• a processor for receiving a routing instruction including a selected temperature for the delivery container and monitoring a delivery container temperature;
• and
• a thermal management system for adjusting the delivery container temperature, wherein the thermal management system is configured to:
• determine a surrounding environment air temperature, wherein a surrounding environment is an area adjacent to an exterior of the delivery container inside the autonomous vehicle,
• determine an outside air temperature, wherein outside air is exterior to the autonomous vehicle,
• determine that at least one of air from the surrounding environment and outside air can be used to adjust the delivery container temperature closer to the selected temperature;
• adjust the delivery container temperature to correspond to the selected temperature by inputting, via the input line, at least one of air from the surrounding environment and outside air.