Author(s): Perrotta, Deborah ; Macedo, José Luiz ; Rossetti, Rosaldo J. F. ; Afonso, João L. ; Kokkinogenis, Zafeiris ; Ribeiro, Bernardo
Date: 2014
Persistent ID: https://hdl.handle.net/1822/67415
Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
Subject(s): Driver attitude; Electric bus energy consumption; Electric bus performance; Risk-taking behavior
The objective of this paper is to analyze the influence of different driver behaviors on the energy consumption of electric buses. It shows that risk-taking attitudes on traffic are not only dangerous to the driver, to the bus users and to the surroundings, but also promotes a poorer performance of the vehicle itself, increasing its energy consumption and reducing the amount of energy that can be recovered on regenerative braking.
