The main goal of Eco-Driving (ED) is to maximize energy efficiency. This study evaluates the energy gains of an ED system for an electric vehicle, obtained from a predictive optimal controller, in a real-world traffic scenario. To this end, a Visual driver Advisory System (VAS) in the form of a personal tablet is used to advise the driver to follow a target eco-speed via a screen. Two Renault Zoe electric cars, one equipped with the different modules for ED and one without, are used to perform field tests on a route between Rueil-Malmaison and Bougival in France. Overall, the ED consumed, on average, 4.6~% less energy than the non-eco-driven car with a maximum of 2~% change in average speed.
@article{arxiv.2412.20965,
title = {Practical Implementation and Experimental Validation of an Optimal Control based Eco-Driving System},
author = {Vinith Kumar Lakshmanan and Olivier Lemaire and Antonio Sciarretta},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.20965},
year = {2024}
}