Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
FUEL EVALUATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

Abstract:

There is provided a fuel evaluation apparatus for evaluating fuel supplied to a vehicle. The fuel evaluation apparatus performs: acquiring information on a remaining capacity of a fuel storage unit in the vehicle; acquiring information on an alcohol concentration of fuel within the fuel storage unit; calculating a supply amount of fuel supplied to the fuel storage unit, based on the acquired information on the remaining capacity; evaluating the alcohol concentration of the supplied fuel, based on the calculated supply amount of fuel and a change in the alcohol concentration before and after supply of the fuel to the fuel storage unit that is based on the acquired information on the alcohol concentration; and transmitting fuel information comprising the calculated supply amount of fuel and a result of the evaluation to external apparatus determining incentives according to the fuel information.