After safe driving, eco-driving has become an economic and green driving idea, which is adapted to the modern engine technology and typically consists of changing a person's driving behavior based on general advice to drivers, such as accelerating slowly, driving smoothly, etc. The concept of eco-driving can help save energy and reduce pollution emissions in an efficient way. In this article, a comprehensive preliminary overview of state-of-art research on this issue is presented in several parts: methods for emission estimation, traffic signal control, cruise control, and eco-driving assist systems. Besides, the challenges and opportunities associated with eco-driving are discussed as well.

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Eco-Driving --- Current Strategies and issues, A Preliminary Survey

Adaptive cruise control (ACC) with Stop & Go scenarios is presently one of the most important research topics in the field of intelligent transportation systems. The main feature of this controller is that there is an adaptation to a user-present speed and, if necessary, speed reductions to keep a safe distance from the vehicle ahead in the same lane on the road, whatever the speed. The extreme case is the stop and go operation in which the lead car stops and the vehicle at the rear must also do so. The main concern of the system is about the inter-distance control in highways where the vehicle velocity mainly remains constant & it also deals with the vehicle circulating in towns with frequent stops & acceleration. In both situations, goals of safety and comfort are to be achieved. The main aim of the project is to design model based approach for adaptive Cruise Control system which works efficiently under the STOP & Go scenarios along with a basic vehicle model. The normal ACC doesn't work under the speed below 30 to 50 kmph thus causing driver inconvenience to drive. To overcome this ACC with Stop & Go is designed to work even at zero speed.

S. Karthik

Papers

Cruise control technique at zero speed using Matlab