Ensemble-Based Robust Model for Accurate Driving Range Estimation of EVs Leveraging Big Data

In the emergence of greener transportation, electric vehicles (EVs) play an important role, where the accurate pre-diction of the driving range is pivotal for alleviating driver range anxiety, serving as a foundation for spatial planning, operational strategies, and efficient charging infrastructure management. This study addresses the challenge of limited driving range in EVs and introduces an ensemble-based machine learning (ML) model for predicting the vehicle's driving range. By employing big data collected from the real world, this work investigates the appropriateness of various ML models, including extreme learning model (ELM), extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost), multiple linear regression (MLR), multilayer perceptron (MLP), deep MLP, random forests (RF), AdaBoost, and support vector regression (SVR) for the problem stated above. Extensive experimental analysis proves that the ensemble framework that exploits MLR and XGBoost predictors surmounts the existing solutions. It achieves an R2 score greater than 0.9 on both training and testing data subsets, exhibiting no overfitting issues, and boasting acceptable inference time. The findings offer a compelling solution for enhancing the estimation of EV driving range for practical applications.