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This chapter studies energy efficient driving of (semi)autonomous electric vehicles operating in a dynamic environment with other traffic participants on a unidirectional, multi-lane road. This scenario is considered to be a so called hard problem, as constraints imposed are varying in time and space. Neglecting the constraints imposed from the surrounding traffic, the generation of an energy optimal speed trajectory may lead to bad results, with the risk of low driver acceptance when applied in a real driving environment. An existing approach satisfies constraints from surrounding traffic by modifying an existing unconstrained trajectory. In contrast to this, the proposed approach incorporates a leading vehicle’s motion as constraint in order to generate a new optimal speed trajectory in a global optimal sense. First simulation results show that energy optimal driving considering other vehicle participants is important. Even in simple setups significantly (8%) less energy is consumed at only 1.3% travelling time prolongation compared to the best constant speed driving strategy. Additionally, the proposed driving strategy is using 4.5% less energy and leads to 1.6% shorter travelling time compared to the existing overtaking approach. Using simulation studies, the proposed energy optimal driving strategy is analyzed in different scenarios.
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The project leading to this study has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 675999, ITEAM project.
VIRTUAL VEHICLE Research Center is funded within the COMET—Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies—programme by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT), the Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy (BMWFW), the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG), the province of Styria and the Styrian Business Promotion Agency (SFG). The COMET programme is administrated by FFG.
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Ajanović, Z., Stolz, M., Horn, M. (2017). Energy Efficient Driving in Dynamic Environment: Considering Other Traffic Participants and Overtaking Possibility. In: Watzenig, D., Brandstätter, B. (eds) Comprehensive Energy Management – Eco Routing & Velocity Profiles. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53165-6_4
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