E-CoDrive: A Co-Simulation Framework for Testing Energy-Critical Driving Scenarios

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2607.04803v1
• Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2026 08:35:37 GMT
• Title: E-CoDrive: A Co-Simulation Framework for Testing Energy-Critical Driving Scenarios
• Abstract summary: E-CoDrive is a framework for reproducible closed-loop driving co-simulations.<n>It integrates an energy consumption model, a micro-traffic simulator, and a driving simulator to test AEV software stacks in urban scenarios.<n>Our evaluation shows that varying traffic conditions produce substantial differences in vehicle energy consumption.
• Score: 41.09253757054338
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Autonomous driving research has largely focused on safety while giving limited attention to non-functional aspects such as energy consumption and sustainability. As Autonomous Electric Vehicles (AEVs) become increasingly common in urban traffic, understanding how complex traffic dynamics influence their energy consumption is paramount to test whether AEVs can complete trips before battery depletion. To support energy-aware scenario-based testing of AEVs, we present E-CoDrive, a framework for reproducible closed-loop driving co-simulations that integrates an energy consumption model, a micro-traffic simulator, and a high-fidelity driving simulator to test AEV software stacks in urban scenarios. This tool paper describes the architecture of E-CoDrive and demonstrates its applicability by testing an Autoware-based AEV stack. Our evaluation shows that varying traffic conditions produce substantial differences in vehicle energy consumption. The artifact is publicly available at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.32244783, and a screencast showing the tool is available at https://youtu.be/yX9fWHqCvgc.

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