RANGE PREDICTION FOR VEHICLES

A computer system is configured to receive a start position and a planned destination position for an electric vehicle of a vehicle type, estimate energy consumption and variance for at least one route between the start position and the destination position for the vehicle type, based on reference energy consumption vehicle data collected from secondary vehicles, calculate a confidence interval for the estimated energy consumption and variance at a predetermined confidence level, determine a present energy level in the electrical energy storage system, in response to the present energy level being below the confidence interval upper limit, control the vehicle according to a first mode, the first mode including a first route between the start position and the destination position, and in response to the present energy level exceeding or being equal to the confidence interval upper limit, control the vehicle according to a second mode, the second mode including a second route between the start position and the destination position.