The Possibilities of Increasing the Electric Vehicle Range

Electric vehicles have a significantly shorter range compared to the conventional vehicles with the internal combustion engine. Hence, it is important to inform the driver of an electric vehicle as accurately as possible about the actual range and how to reduce energy consumption and thus improve range. The paper presents proposed electric vehicle energy usage assist for increasing vehicle range, system implementation and measured data for energy usage assist function. The developed energy assist encourages the driver to modify his driving style in order to be on the powertrain greatest efficiency area. The system informs the driver about the limitations for example caused by weather conditions or low battery state of charge.