Vehicle and method for controlling vehicle windshield moisture preconditioning

A vehicle comprising:

• a body defining a cabin interior;
• a windshield;
• a windshield conditioning system;
• a location determining device for determining a location of the vehicle;
• a plurality of vehicle sensors for sensing environmental conditions within and proximate to the vehicle;
• a remote assessment device for receiving environmental information for ambient environmental conditions proximate to the vehicle;
• and
• a controller configured to assess a likelihood of moisture on the windshield based on the sensed environmental conditions and the received environmental information and to perform a preconditioning strategy to defog or defrost the windshield with the windshield conditioning system, wherein the controller controls the preconditioning strategy based on a weighted proportion of the sensed environmental condition sensed with the one or more vehicle sensors and the ambient environmental conditions received with the remote assessment device, and wherein the weighted proportion is determined based on the determined location of the vehicle.