METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING DATA OFFLOADING IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Methods and systems for optimizing data offloading in electric vehicles are described. A method includes estimating an amount of data that can be collected and generated for a route generated for a destination entered into the electric vehicle, categorizing, by a data offloading device in an electric vehicle, the estimated data into real-time, near real-time, and non-real-time data categories, determining one or more offloading stop and time based on the categorized estimated data and service provider access device information for the route; collecting real data generated by and for the electric vehicle as the electric vehicle traverses the route; categorizing the real data into the real-time, the near real-time, and the non-real-time data categories; and updating the one or more offloading stop and time based on the categorized real data and updated service provider access device information for the route.