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A management system for a vehicle having a commodity storage region and traveling along a path having a plurality of geographically-distributed commodity replenishing stations, includes a sensor for measuring a level of the commodity in the storage region and providing commodity level data. A global

A management system for a vehicle having a commodity storage region and traveling along a path having a plurality of geographically-distributed commodity replenishing stations, includes a sensor for measuring a level of the commodity in the storage region and providing commodity level data. A global positioning system (GPS) determines a location of the vehicle along the path. A controller stores a record of current geographical locations of the commodity replenishing stations and current commodity prices thereat, and calculates commodity replenishing schedules of the vehicle at the replenishing stations based on an output from each of the GPS and the sensor, and a commodity price at at least some of the replenishing stations.

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[ Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:] [1.] A fuel management system for a vehicle having a fuel tank and traveling along a path having a plurality of geographically-distributed fueling stations, said system comprising:a fue

[ Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:] [1.] A fuel management system for a vehicle having a fuel tank and traveling along a path having a plurality of geographically-distributed fueling stations, said system comprising:a fuel sensor for continuously measuring a level of fuel in said fuel tank and providing fuel level data;a global positioning system (GPS) for determining a location of said vehicle along said path; anda controller for storing a record of current geographical locations of said fueling stations and current fuel prices thereat, and for calculating refueling schedules of said vehicle at said fueling stations based on an output from each of said GPS and said fuel sensor, and a fuel price at at least some of said fueling stations,wherein said controller obtains data for the lowest price fuel available based on the tank level being measured continuously by said fuel sensor, andwherein said controller controls fueling of said fuel tank such that refueling of said fuel tank is performed only partially at a lowest price fueling station that the vehicle can reach.