Driving Sustainability: Analyzing Eco-Driving Efficiency Across Urban and Interurban Roads with Electric and Combustion Vehicles
Eco-driving is a key strategy for reducing energy consumption and emissions in electric vehicles (EVs) and internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. However, research gaps remain regarding its effectiveness across different driving environments, vehicle types, transmission systems, and contexts. Th...
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| description | Eco-driving is a key strategy for reducing energy consumption and emissions in electric vehicles (EVs) and internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. However, research gaps remain regarding its effectiveness across different driving environments, vehicle types, transmission systems, and contexts. This research evaluates eco-driving efficiency in urban and interurban settings, comparing small (Caceres) and large (Madrid) cities and assessing EVs ICE with direct, manual, and automatic transmissions. The authors conducted a large-scale driving experiment in Spain, with over 500 test runs across different road types. Results in the large city show that eco-driving reduces energy consumption by 30.4% in EVs on urban roads, benefiting from regenerative braking, compared to 10.75% in manual ICE vehicles. Automatic ICE vehicles also performed well, with 29.55% savings in local streets. In interurban settings, manual ICE vehicles achieved the highest savings (20.31%), while EVs showed more minor improvements (11.79%) due to already optimized efficiency at steady speeds. The small city showed higher savings due to smoother traffic flow, while single-speed transmissions in EVs enhanced efficiency across conditions. These findings provide valuable insights for optimizing eco-driving strategies and vehicle design. Future research should explore AI-driven eco-driving applications and real-time optimization to improve sustainable mobility. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-77203b1773f24fbf8a0a4aced55bf8432025-08-20T02:43:05ZengMDPI AGWorld Electric Vehicle Journal2032-66532025-03-0116314310.3390/wevj16030143Driving Sustainability: Analyzing Eco-Driving Efficiency Across Urban and Interurban Roads with Electric and Combustion VehiclesTasneem Miqdady0Juan Benavente1Juan Francisco Coloma2Marta García3Transport Research Centre, TRANSyT, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, SpainTransport Research Centre, TRANSyT, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, SpainGrupo de Investigación Aerobiología en Extremadura AeroUEx, Universidad de Extremadura, 06071 Badajoz, SpainGrupo de Investigación Aerobiología en Extremadura AeroUEx, Universidad de Extremadura, 06071 Badajoz, SpainEco-driving is a key strategy for reducing energy consumption and emissions in electric vehicles (EVs) and internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. However, research gaps remain regarding its effectiveness across different driving environments, vehicle types, transmission systems, and contexts. This research evaluates eco-driving efficiency in urban and interurban settings, comparing small (Caceres) and large (Madrid) cities and assessing EVs ICE with direct, manual, and automatic transmissions. The authors conducted a large-scale driving experiment in Spain, with over 500 test runs across different road types. Results in the large city show that eco-driving reduces energy consumption by 30.4% in EVs on urban roads, benefiting from regenerative braking, compared to 10.75% in manual ICE vehicles. Automatic ICE vehicles also performed well, with 29.55% savings in local streets. In interurban settings, manual ICE vehicles achieved the highest savings (20.31%), while EVs showed more minor improvements (11.79%) due to already optimized efficiency at steady speeds. The small city showed higher savings due to smoother traffic flow, while single-speed transmissions in EVs enhanced efficiency across conditions. These findings provide valuable insights for optimizing eco-driving strategies and vehicle design. Future research should explore AI-driven eco-driving applications and real-time optimization to improve sustainable mobility.https://www.mdpi.com/2032-6653/16/3/143eco-drivingeco-routingelectric vehiclesinternal combustion enginesurban and interurban roads |
| spellingShingle | Tasneem Miqdady Juan Benavente Juan Francisco Coloma Marta García Driving Sustainability: Analyzing Eco-Driving Efficiency Across Urban and Interurban Roads with Electric and Combustion Vehicles World Electric Vehicle Journal eco-driving eco-routing electric vehicles internal combustion engines urban and interurban roads |
| title | Driving Sustainability: Analyzing Eco-Driving Efficiency Across Urban and Interurban Roads with Electric and Combustion Vehicles |
| title_full | Driving Sustainability: Analyzing Eco-Driving Efficiency Across Urban and Interurban Roads with Electric and Combustion Vehicles |
| title_fullStr | Driving Sustainability: Analyzing Eco-Driving Efficiency Across Urban and Interurban Roads with Electric and Combustion Vehicles |
| title_full_unstemmed | Driving Sustainability: Analyzing Eco-Driving Efficiency Across Urban and Interurban Roads with Electric and Combustion Vehicles |
| title_short | Driving Sustainability: Analyzing Eco-Driving Efficiency Across Urban and Interurban Roads with Electric and Combustion Vehicles |
| title_sort | driving sustainability analyzing eco driving efficiency across urban and interurban roads with electric and combustion vehicles |
| topic | eco-driving eco-routing electric vehicles internal combustion engines urban and interurban roads |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2032-6653/16/3/143 |
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