Delivery optimization

A vehicle for optimizing a delivery of a plurality of items to a plurality of delivery destinations, the plurality of items comprising a first item deliverable to a first delivery destination and a second item deliverable to a second delivery destination, comprising:

• a controller programmed to
• determine a mass of each of the plurality of items, the mass of the items including a mass of the first item and a mass of the second item;
• calculate a value of a first vehicle parameter, the first vehicle parameter being dependent on the mass of the first item and the mass of the second item, for a first delivery route, the first delivery route configured to stop at the first delivery destination before the second delivery destination to thereby deliver the first item before the second item;
• calculate the value of the first vehicle parameter for a second delivery route, the second delivery route configured to stop at the second delivery destination before the first delivery destination to thereby deliver the second item before the first item;
• determine an optimized delivery route for a vehicle that comprises the first and second delivery destinations that optimizes the value of the first vehicle parameter;
• and
• program, into a route guidance system of the vehicle for routing the vehicle, the optimized delivery route having the optimized value of the first vehicle parameter, thereby improving energy efficiency routing of the vehicle.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions for optimizing a delivery of a plurality of items to a plurality of delivery destinations, the plurality of items comprising a first item deliverable to a first delivery destination and a second item deliverable to a second delivery destination which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:

• determine a mass of each of the plurality of items, the mass of the items including a mass of the first item and a mass of the second item;
• calculate a value of a first vehicle parameter, the first vehicle parameter being dependent on the mass of the first item and the mass of the second item, for a first delivery route, the first delivery route configured to stop at the first delivery destination before the second delivery destination to thereby deliver the first item before the second item;
• calculate the value of a first vehicle parameter for a second delivery route, the second delivery route configured to stop at the second delivery destination before the first delivery destination to thereby deliver the second item before the first item;
• determine an optimized delivery route for a vehicle that comprises the first and second delivery destinations that optimizes the value of the first vehicle parameter;
• and
• program, into a route guidance system of the vehicle for routing the vehicle, the optimized delivery route having the optimized value of the first vehicle parameter, thereby improving energy efficiency routing of the vehicle.