Cooperative Eco-Driving of Electric Vehicle Platoons for Energy Efficiency and String Stability

Vinith Kumar Lakshmanan (1) , Antonio Sciarretta (1) , Ouafae El Ganaoui-Mourlan (2)

1 IFPEN - IFP Energies nouvelles
2 IFP School

This paper discusses cooperation applied to a platoon of electric vehicles using an Eco-Driving Optimal Controller (EDOC). The proposed algorithm is evaluated in terms of energy efficiency and string compactness in comparison with the non-cooperative EDOC and standard adaptive cruise control using a drive cycle based scenario. A theoretical analysis of string stability with and without cooperation is presented. The simulation results show that a platoon with cooperative EDOC performs better in terms of energy efficiency and string compactness than without cooperation.

Keywords: Eco-driving; cooperation; nonlinear and optimal control Eco-driving; nonlinear and optimal control

Domains: Environmental Sciences; Engineering Sciences [physics]; Automatic

Vinith Kumar Lakshmanan, Antonio Sciarretta, Ouafae El Ganaoui-Mourlan. Cooperative Eco-Driving of Electric Vehicle Platoons for Energy Efficiency and String Stability. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2021, 54 (2), pp.133 - 139. ⟨10.1016/j.ifacol.2021.06.018⟩. ⟨hal-03351608⟩