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This paper investigates the performance of a lowcost Throttle-by-Wire-System (TbWS) for two-wheeler applications. Mopeds/scooters are still restricted environmentally harmful. Throttle-by-Wire-Systems can contribute to environmental…
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Trajectory planning in automated driving typically focuses on satisfying safety and comfort requirements within the vehicle's onboard sensor range. This paper introduces a method that leverages anticipatory road data, such as speed limits,…
This paper presents an energy and thermal management system for electric race cars, where we tune a lift-off-throttle signal for the driver in real-time to respect energy budgets and thermal constraints. First, we compute the globally…
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,…
Modern combustion engines incorporate a number of actuators and sensors that can be used to control and optimize the performance and emissions. We describe a semi-automatic method to simultaneously measure and calibrate the actuator…
This article presents an eco-driving algorithm for electric vehicles featuring multi-speed transmissions. The proposed controller is formulated as a co-optimization problem, simultaneously optimizing both vehicle longitudinal speed and…
This article addresses the problem of controlling the speed of a number of automated vehicles before they enter a speed reduction zone on a freeway. We formulate the control problem and provide an analytical, closed-form solution that can…
A stochastic model predictive controller (SMPC) of air conditioning (AC) system is proposed to improve the energy efficiency of electric vehicles (EV). A Markov-chain based velocity predictor is adopted to provide a sense of the future…
Improving the powertrain control of heavy-duty vehicles can be an efficient way to reduce the fuel consumption and thereby reduce both the operating cost and the environmental impact. One way of doing so is by using information about the…
The emergence of connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) provides an unprecedented opportunity to capitalize on these technologies well beyond their original designed intents. While abundant evidence has been accumulated showing substantial…
With the evolution of self-driving cars, autonomous racing series like Roborace and the Indy Autonomous Challenge are rapidly attracting growing attention. Researchers participating in these competitions hope to subsequently transfer their…
The Eco-Driving control problem seeks to perform fuel efficient speed planning for a Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) that can exploit information available from advanced mapping, and from Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communication.…
In recent years, Electric Vehicles (EVs) have seen widespread public adoption. While EVs produce zero tailpipe emissions, they contribute to an increase in another type of vehicular emission: tire emissions. Battery-operated EVs are…
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) present a unique opportunity to improve the sustainability of transportation systems by adopting eco-driving strategies that reduce energy consumption and emissions. This paper introduces a novel surrogate model…
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Climate-controlled cabins have for decades been standard in vehicles. Model Predictive Controllers (MPCs) have shown promising results in achieving temperature tracking in vehicle cabins and may improve upon model-free control performance.…
Do e-scooter speed governance policies yield behavioral safety gains beyond the mechanical cap they impose? A firmware ceiling mechanically prevents speeding, but whether the same riders also generate fewer harsh accelerations and harsh…
This paper presents a provably optimal, real-time capable energy management policy for race cars that provides simple human-driver-implementable control cues. Specifically, we first formulate the energy-constrained minimum-lap-time control…