Adaptations in Driving Efficiency with Electric Vehicles

Evaluation of a multi‐modal driver coaching function for electric vehicles

“…Savings of about 10% could be found for continuous feedback [4] throughout the drive, 5% savings are reported for trainings with no further (continuous) support. Interestingly, also savings up to 26.8% are reported for a field trial study where drivers did not receive any continuous feedback or hands-on coaching, but were simply asked to drive energy efficiently [5]. One reason for such high savings could lay in the fact that the drivers were familiar with their vehicles.…”

“…Rose and Symmons [8] and Wåhlberg [9] also evaluated long-term effects of a fuel economy training and found enhanced driving skills in eco-driving to be still present, but not effective enough to have a real impact on fuel savings (<2%). However, especially when looking at results from Helmbrecht et al [5], it becomes obvious that knowledge does not seem to be the main reason for applying eco-driving (cp. [10]).…”