Energy and emission responsive routing for vehicles

A method for vehicle route planning as a function of vehicle type, comprising:

• producing computer executable program code;
• storing the code on a computer readable medium;
• providing the program code to be deployed and executed on a computer system,
• the program code causing the computer system to:
• determine a plurality of different routes for travel by a vehicle from a trip origin to a destination;
• identify the vehicle as either a hybrid vehicle type that generates operative energy through a regenerative braking energy component or an internal combustion engine vehicle type;
• recommend a route of the plurality of routes to an operator of the identified vehicle as a function of the identified type by:
• determining that traveling a first route of the plurality of routes will result in a faster total travel time to the destination relative to traveling a second route of the plurality of routes;
• determining that traveling the second route will cause more braking by the vehicle relative to traveling the first route;
• recommending the first route over the second route to an operator of the identified internal combustion engine vehicle type for traveling to the trip destination as a function of the faster total travel time;
• recommending the second route over the first route to an operator of the identified hybrid vehicle for traveling to the trip destination as a function of the more braking determination;
• and
• wherein a route recommended to the identified internal combustion engine vehicle type is different from a route recommended to the identified hybrid vehicle type.

A programmable device comprising:

• a processing means;
• a memory in communication with the processing means;
• and
• a network interface in communication with the processing means and the memory;
• wherein the processing means is configured to:
• determine a plurality of different routes for travel by a vehicle from a trip origin to a destination;
• identify the vehicle as either an internal combustion engine vehicle type or a hybrid vehicle type configured to generate operative energy through a regenerative braking energy component;
• determine that traveling a first route of the route plurality will result in a faster total travel time to the destination relative to traveling a second route of the route plurality;
• determine that traveling the second route will cause more braking by the vehicle relative to traveling the first route;
• recommending the first route over the second route to an operator of the identified internal combustion engine vehicle type for traveling to the trip destination as a function of the faster total travel time;
• and
• recommend the second route over the first route to an operator of the identified hybrid vehicle for traveling to the trip destination as a function of the more braking determination.