Systems and methods for estimating a remaining useful life of vehicle engine oil

A method for estimating a remaining useful life of vehicle engine oil, the method comprising operating at least one processor to:

• receive telematics data originating from a plurality of vehicles, the telematics data comprising odometer data and engine oil quality data associated with each of the plurality of vehicles;
• determine, for one or more of the plurality of vehicles, a start point of a current oil cycle based on when an oil cycle event previously occurred by identifying within the engine oil quality data:
• a first series of engine oil quality datapoints, and
• a second series of engine oil quality datapoints immediately following the first series,
• a difference between a final datapoint of the first series and an initial datapoint of the second series being greater than a predetermined threshold;
• synchronize the odometer data and the engine oil quality data by associating odometer datapoints and engine oil quality datapoints reported within a same time period;
• determine a remaining useful vehicle engine oil distance by applying to synchronized odometer and engine oil quality data reported during the current oil cycle a regression model;
• and
• determine a remaining useful vehicle engine oil time by converting the remaining useful vehicle engine oil distance thereto based on an average difference in odometer datapoints reported during a selected time period,
• whereby the remaining useful life of vehicle engine oil is estimated based on vehicle operational factors associated with the current oil cycle, and independently from those of a previous oil cycle.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon executable by at least one processor to implement a method for estimating a remaining useful life of vehicle engine oil, the method comprising operating at least one processor to:

• receive telematics data originating from a plurality of vehicles, the telematics data comprising odometer data and engine oil quality data associated with each of the plurality of vehicles;
• determine, for one or more of the plurality of vehicles, a start point of a current oil cycle based on when an oil cycle event previously occurred by identifying within the engine oil quality data:
• a first series of engine oil quality datapoints, and
• a second series of engine oil quality datapoints immediately following the first series,
• a difference between a final datapoint of the first series and an initial datapoint of the second series being greater than a predetermined threshold;
• synchronize the odometer data and the engine oil quality data by associating odometer datapoints and engine oil quality datapoints reported within a same time period;
• determine a remaining useful vehicle engine oil distance by applying to synchronized odometer and engine oil quality data reported during the current oil cycle a regression model;
• and
• determine a remaining useful vehicle engine oil time by converting the remaining useful vehicle engine oil distance thereto based on an average difference in odometer datapoints reported during a selected time period,
• whereby the remaining useful life of vehicle engine oil is estimated based on vehicle operational factors associated with the current oil cycle, and independently from those of a previous oil cycle.