Efficacy of Haptic Pedal Feel Compensation on Driving with Regenerative Braking

We study the efficacy of haptic pedal feel compensation on driving safety and performance during regenerative braking. In particular, we evaluate the effectiveness of the preservation of the natural brake pedal feel under two-pedal cooperative braking and one-pedal driving scenarios, through human subject experiments in a simulated vehicle pursuit task. The experimental results indicate that pedal feel compensation can significantly decrease the hard braking instances, improving safety for both two-pedal cooperative braking and one-pedal driving. Volunteers also strongly prefer compensation, while they equally prefer and can effectively utilize both two-pedal and one-pedal driving conditions. Furthermore, the beneficial effects of haptic pedal feel compensation is larger for the two-pedal cooperative braking case.