AUTOMATED VEHICLE ROUTE PLANNER WITH ROUTE DIFFICULTY SCORING

A route-planning system suitable for use on an automated vehicle includes a memory and a controller. The memory is used to store map-data indicative of a plurality of possible-routes to a destination. Each possible-route is characterized by a difficulty-score. The controller is in communication with the memory. The controller is operable to select from the memory a preferred-route from the plurality of possible-routes. The preferred-route is selected based on the difficulty-score.