Systems, apparatus and methods to improve plug-in hybrid electric vehicle energy performance by using v2c connectivity

This invention describes a system for a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle that uses internet cloud connectivity to improve its energy efficiency. It works by collecting vehicle and trip data, sending it to the cloud for offline training of an automated driving system to predict vehicle movements. This prediction helps an automated powertrain control system manage the engine, electric motor, and transmission to minimize wasted energy during a trip, specifically using a non-linear autoregressive recurrent neural network for training.