Title: Potential and challenges to improve vehicle energy efficiency via V2X: literature review

Authors: Kai Yang; Yanjun Huang; Yechen Qin; Chuan Hu; Xiaolin Tang

Addresses: Department of Automotive Engineering, Chongqing University, Shapingba 400044, Chongqing, China ' Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, N2L 3G1, Canada ' The State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmissions, Chongqing University, Shapingba 400044, Chongqing, China; School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Haidian 100081, Beijing, China ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78705, USA ' Department of Automotive Engineering, Chongqing University, Shapingba 400044, Chongqing, China

Abstract: With the development of intelligent transportation system (ITS), vehicle-to-everything (V2X) information offers great opportunities to promote the energy efficiency of vehicles. This paper systematically elaborates the state of art which focuses on improving the energy efficiency using the vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I), vehicle-to-network (V2N) and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology. Firstly, V2V technology applied in energy management of single and vehicular platoon is investigated. Secondly, eco-driving for connected vehicles using V2I information is studied. Thirdly, the potential of enhancing the energy efficiency by the V2N communication between vehicles and network is analyzed as well. Fourthly, the utilisation of V2G technology to increase the energy efficiency of smart grid is presented. Finally, the challenges are suggested to facilitate the application of V2X technology to the enhancement of energy efficiency.

Keywords: vehicle energy efficiency; V2X; vehicle-to-everything; V2V; vehicle-to-vehicle; V2I; vehicle-to-infrastructure; V2N; vehicle-to-network; V2G; vehicle-to-grid.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVP.2021.116058

International Journal of Vehicle Performance, 2021 Vol.7 No.3/4, pp.244 - 265

Received: 23 Jan 2020
Accepted: 27 Apr 2020
Published online: 07 Jul 2021 *

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