Systems and methods of fleet road de-icing with autonomous vehicles

An autonomy computing system of an autonomous vehicle, comprising at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device, and the at least one processor programmed to:

• receive sensor data from one or more sensors of an autonomous vehicle;
• receive weather-related data from a mission control computing system, wherein the weather-related data include fleet data from autonomous vehicles in a fleet, the fleet including the autonomous vehicle;
• determine an icy condition is present based on the sensor data and the fleet data;
• and
• determine de-icing strategies based on the icy condition.

A method of de-icing roads using an autonomous vehicle, comprising:

• receiving sensor data from one or more sensors of an autonomous vehicle;
• receiving weather-related data from a mission control computing system, wherein the weather-related data include fleet data from autonomous vehicles in a fleet, the fleet including the autonomous vehicle;
• determining an icy condition is present based on the sensor data and the fleet data;
• and
• determining de-icing strategies based on the icy condition.