Ranking vehicle charging stations

Abstract

A computer system has a processor device configured to, for each vehicle charging station in a set of vehicle charging stations: receive topography data indicative of elevations within a predefined area around the vehicle charging station; determine, based on the topography data, a maximum possible altitude drop in relation to the vehicle charging station within the area; and determine, based on the maximum possible altitude drop, a vehicle station ranking metric for the vehicle charging station, wherein the vehicle station ranking metric is determined in such a way that a vehicle charging station with a relatively large first maximum possible altitude drop is ranked lower than a vehicle charging station with a relatively small second maximum possible altitude drop.

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