Off-Road EV Route Mapping for Battery Range Prediction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Off-road vehicles, particularly electric ones, face uncertainty when operating on uncharted routes due to the lack of trail maps, leading to potential safety and battery consumption concerns.

Innovation Solution

A system and method that relates uncharted off-road routes to geographic map data, determines geographic characteristics, estimates battery consumption based on historical data, and communicates this information to the operator, while avoiding obstacles and optimizing paths.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the electric off-road vehicle operates on uncharted routes without trail maps, then the operator's freedom to explore is improved, but the safety and reliability of the operation deteriorates due to uncertainty about terrain and battery consumption

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefreedom to explore uncharted routesVSAvoidsafety and operational reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis of uncharted routes by processing geographic map data to determine terrain characteristics, elevation changes, and obstacle locations before the vehicle arrives. Battery consumption is estimated in advance based on these characteristics, allowing the operator to plan the route with knowledge of energy requirements and potential hazards, thereby maintaining both exploration freedom and operational safety

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system continuously monitors actual battery consumption during vehicle operation and compares it with the estimated consumption calculated from geographic characteristics. This feedback loop allows the system to update route recommendations and provide real-time guidance to the operator, ensuring safety and reliability while enabling exploration of uncharted territory

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Measurement precision

If the vehicle uses predetermined battery consumption data based on geographic characteristics, then the accuracy of battery consumption estimation is improved, but the complexity of the system increases due to data processing requirements

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebattery consumption estimation accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-processes geographic map data to extract relevant characteristics such as elevation changes, terrain type, and distance before the vehicle journey begins. This preliminary analysis creates a database of geographic features that can be quickly referenced during operation, improving estimation accuracy without requiring complex real-time processing that would increase system complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses a unified approach that processes multiple geographic characteristics (elevation, terrain, distance) through a single integrated algorithm to estimate battery consumption. This multi-functional processing method improves accuracy by considering all relevant factors simultaneously while avoiding the need for separate complex subsystems for each characteristic

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS12441211B2System and method facilitating travel of an electric off-road vehicle on an uncharted route
Publication Date: 2025.10.14 TAIGA MOTORS INC
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AI summary

Systems and methods for facilitating travel of an electric off-road vehicle on an uncharted off-road route are provided. A method includes relating the uncharted off-road route to be travelled by the electric off-road vehicle to map data of a geographic area including the uncharted off-road route. Using the map data, one or more geographic characteristics of the uncharted off-road route are determined. Using the one or more geographic characteristics of the uncharted off-road route and predetermined battery consumption data associated with the one or more geographic characteristics, an estimated battery consumption for the electric off-road vehicle to travel the uncharted off-road route is determined. The estimated battery consumption is communicated to an operator of the electric off-road vehicle.