Energy Consumption of Automated and Non-Automated Vehicles in Various Traffic Scenarios

Authors

Hubert Rehborn, Micha Koller, Yildirim Dülgar, Begüm Ünal, Mercedes-Benz AG, Böblingen, Germany;
Matthias Maier, Benjamin Völz, Robert Bosch GmbH, Abstatt, Germany

Summary

This study investigates the differences in energy consumption of automated and nonautomated vehicles driving in various traffic scenarios. In the scope of the MEC-View project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy the automated vehicles drive on a trajectory and perform an automated right-turn at an unsignalized intersection. We reveal the relative energy consumption losses and gains for infrastructure supported automated and non-automated vehicles driving with normal combustion engine or electrical power engine. The approach can produce relative differences in energy consumption based on a measured consumption matrix with vehicle speed and acceleration values in intervals of one second and reveals that infrastructure supported automated driving can reduce the energy consumption.

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