Analysis of Driving Behaviour Under Different Disturbance Conditions Through Virtual Reality

The efforts in pushing toward the electric mobility is enhancing improvements for batteries and vehicle performance to extend the range, making the Electric Vehicle (EV) a competitive couce alongside conventional Internal Combustion Engine vehi-cles. However, less efforts are spent to highlight the importance of changing the driving style, to avoid unpleasant drawbacks for battery durability and range drop. In this research, a psychologi-cal insight is provided to understand the pattern of driving styles which can affect the energy consumption while driving an Electric Vehicle. The experimental setup used to perform tests with 26 different users is provided through a Virtual Reality (VR) test bench, aimed to recreate a real trafficked route with both urban and highway paths. The psycological elements are provided to constitute the basis of the analysis, that is then illustrated through energy consumption assessment.