Apparatus and method for providing vehicle attribu

A controller comprising input means for receiving a request 320 for a first prediction of a first attribute associated with the vehicle from a vehicle communication means, processing means for determining the first prediction 370, wherein the first prediction comprises an indication of the first attribute and an indication of a first confidence associated with the attribute, and output means for outputting a first prediction response comprising the first prediction 380. The vehicle attribute could be vehicle temperature or state of charge of a battery. Predictions of second and third attributes may also be requested and output. The output means may further request data associated with the vehicle and use this to determine an attribute prediction. A self-learning agent could be utilised. Requests for predictions, and prediction responses, may comprise messages having predetermined formats. Preferably, the prediction response has unique identifying information. The first attribute may be associated with a vehicle user.