@article{ref1,
title="How do driving modes affect the vehicle's dynamic behaviour? Comparing Renault's Multi-Sense sport and comfort modes during on-road naturalistic driving",
journal="Vehicle system dynamics",
year="2019",
author="Melman, Timo and de Winter, Joost C. F. and Mouton, Xavier and Tapus, Adriana and Abbink, David A.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Several modern vehicles provide the option to select a driving mode. However, the literature contains no empirical studies that investigate how driving modes affect the vehicle's dynamic behaviour in regular on-road driving. We examined for which CAN-bus signals the differences between Renault's Multi-Sense® comfort and sport modes are most apparent. We gathered data on a 26.3 km route containing a rural and highway section. A single person drove the route four times in comfort mode and four times in sport mode. By statistically analysing and ordering 887 CAN-bus signals, we found strong differences between the two modes for rear-wheel angle, engine torque, longitudinal acceleration, and vertical motion. Parameter identification of a quarter car model identified a 3.5 times higher damping coefficient for the sport mode compared to the comfort mode. Due to four wheel steering, compared to the comfort mode, the sport mode yielded a higher lateral acceleration and yaw rate for a given steering wheel angle and driving speed. In conclusion, this study provides quantitative insight into the extent to which the Multi-Sense driving modes impact the vehicle's lateral, longitudinal, and vertical dynamic behaviour. The results and the analysis methods help guide future driving mode designs.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0042-3114",
doi="10.1080/00423114.2019.1693049",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00423114.2019.1693049"
}