Automated vehicles can implement strategies to drive with optimized fuel efficiency. Therefore, automated driving is seen as a major advancement in tackling climate change. However, with automated vehicles driving in cities and other areas rife with other road users such as human drivers, pedestrians, or cyclists, there is the potential for "stop-and-go" traffic. This would greatly diminish the possibility of automated vehicles to drive fuel-efficient. We suggest using external communication of automated vehicles to aid in ecological driving by providing clues to other road users to show the intent and therefore ultimately enable smoother traffic.
翻译:自动车辆可以以最佳燃料效率执行驱动战略,因此,自动驾驶被视为应对气候变化方面的一大进步,然而,在城市和其他地区驾驶的自动车辆与诸如人驾驶员、行人或骑自行车者等其他道路使用者一起泛滥的情况下,“中转”交通具有潜力,这将大大降低自动化车辆推动燃料效率的可能性。 我们建议使用自动车辆的外部通信帮助生态驾驶,向其他道路使用者提供线索,显示其意图,从而最终使交通更加顺畅。