System of privacy oriented automated electric vehicle miles traveled usage fee assessment and settlement using utility smart grid communication network

A method of assessing electric vehicle usage fees comprising:

• configuring an electric vehicle comprising an electric vehicle user interface having a plurality of selectable trust level inputs;
• calculating the geographic position of the electric vehicle and distinguishing road classes and waypoints with a navigation system that is in communication with a datalogger;
• storing information comprising vehicle information and user information with an electronic control unit that is in communication with the datalogger;
• creating a report with the datalogger based on a selected trust level that comprises vehicle information and user information retrieved from the electronic control unit, and information from the navigation system comprising mileage traveled by road classes and waypoints;
• transmitting the report based on the selected trust level to a local area network comprising a plurality of communicating nodes,
• wherein the electric vehicle is a communicating node that transmits the report, and
• wherein a remotely located receiver node is a communicating node that receives the report based on the selected trust level.

A system for settling electric vehicle usage fees between electric utility service providers and jurisdictional authorities comprising:

• a means of communication for an authorized party to digitally and securely collect electric vehicle user information from an electric utility service provider;
• an authorized third party database that collects electric vehicle user information and thoroughfare usage attributable to discrete jurisdictions traveled from a plurality of electric utility service provider databases;
• an authorized third party processor that determines the amount of usage fees to be billed to an individual electric vehicle user;
• a further authorized third party processor that determines the collective usage fees attributable to one or more electric vehicle user to be collected by an electric utility service provider that will be remitted to a jurisdictional authority for a defined billing period;
• a means of communication allowing the authorized third party to transmit the remittance calculations to one or more electric utility service provider for inclusion in the electric vehicle user periodic billing;
• a further authorized third party processor that calculates remittance amounts owed between jurisdictional authorities and prepares a usage fee remittance advice to a fee collecting jurisdictional authority;
• an authorized third party collection and remittance processor that facilitates payment received from an electric utility service provider and transmits monetary sums to one or more jurisdictional authority;
• an authorized third party collection and remittance processor that facilitates payment received from a jurisdictional authority and transmits monetary sums to one or more jurisdictional authority