System for recommending maintenance for fuel economy improvement

A method of optimizing fuel economy of a vehicle by utilizing an efficiency ECU and a display within the vehicle, the method comprising:

• reading a real-time tire pressure into the efficiency ECU;
• reading a plurality of real-time weather conditions into the efficiency ECU corresponding to a plurality of user-selected road routes to a destination;
• displaying the real-time tire pressure and corresponding fuel economy on the display;
• displaying the plurality of real-time weather conditions for the plurality of road routes to the destination and corresponding fuel economies on the display;
• displaying a fuel economy of the vehicle on the display using a manufacturer recommended tire pressure;
• and
• providing user-selectable options on the display for a driver to select one of the plurality of road routes and its corresponding fuel economy, and to select the real-time tire pressure and its corresponding fuel economy and the fuel economy of the vehicle using the manufacturer recommended tire pressure to display the lowest possible combined fuel economy.

A method of optimizing fuel economy of a vehicle equipped with a navigation system in combination with at least two energy consuming devices, the method comprising:

• providing the at least two energy consuming devices in the vehicle;
• monitoring energy consumption of each of the at least two energy consuming devices in the vehicle;
• displaying a quantity of energy consumption of both of the energy consuming devices on a display in the vehicle;
• and
• providing, on the display, an option to reduce the quantity of energy consumption of both of the energy consuming devices in the vehicle.

A method of optimizing fuel economy of a vehicle by utilizing an efficiency ECU, the method comprising:

• reading a real-time tire pressure into the efficiency ECU;
• reading a real-time electrical load into the efficiency ECU;
• displaying the real-time tire pressure and the real-time electrical load on a driver-readable display within the vehicle;
• and
• displaying a fuel economy of the vehicle upon driver selection of tire pressure and electrical load.

A method of optimizing fuel economy of a vehicle by utilizing an efficiency ECU, the method comprising:

• reading real-time electrical loads into the efficiency ECU;
• displaying the real-time tire pressure and the real-time electrical loads on a driver-readable display within the vehicle;
• and
• displaying a fuel economy of the vehicle upon driver selection of tire pressure and electrical loads.