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Action regulation in energy-efﬁcient driving
(2025) Moll, Vivien Esther
Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) offer substantial potential for reducing emissions but introduce cognitive and behavioural challenges for energy-efficient driving. In contrast to internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs), energy flow in BEVs is less tangible, and relevant consumption patterns are more complex to perceive, predict, and interpret. Current ecodriving research often lacks cognitive grounding, a focus on the specific challenges in BEVs, and a profound analysis beyond performance measures. This dissertation addresses the need for user-centred, cognitively aligned feedback by examining how different feedback approaches affect drivers’ perception, judgements, behaviour, knowledge, and perceived support of action regulation and the mental model of ecodriving. The theoretical foundation integrates adaptive control and action regulation models, cognitive information processing, and the role of mental models and perceived capability in goal-directed behaviour. It posits that energy-efficient driving with BEVs requires continuous situational adaptation and knowledge-based reasoning. Four empirical studies were conducted using experimental designs combined with qualitative and quantitative methods across diverse settings, including an online experiment, driving simulations, and real-world driving. Each study assessed both subjective and objective indicators of action regulation and knowledge. Study 1 (N = 55, online experiment) laid the conceptual foundation by exploring how drivers interpret typical consumption feedback derived from simplified acceleration dynamics. Rooted in bounded rationality, results revealed a systematic overestimation of energy use, particularly for high and brief maximum consumption values. There was no significant correlation between the correct energy efficiency ranking and the ranking derived from participants’ estimations. The study also identified interindividual differences in heuristic information processing, showing that both stimulus properties and cognitive predispositions shape perception. Study 2 (N = 63, driving simulator study) focused on knowledge gaps and their behavioural implications. It contrasted three feedback approaches: a baseline without support, a consumption trace display, and a recommendation system indicating optimal speed. Drivers frequently relied on incomplete or inaccurate conceptions of energy efficiency. While those using the recommendation system felt less uncertain, this confidence did not translate into better performance or more accurate knowledge. However, their tendency to verbalise more vehicle- and environment-related information suggests a more active reasoning process regarding energy-efficient driving. Study 3 (N = 50, field study) built on these findings and introduced a comprehension-based approach with pre-drive tip lists. When behavioural strategies were paired with technical reasoning, drivers reported higher perceived knowledge, stronger support for action regulation and the mental model, and better driving performance. This highlights the potential of explanation-based feedback to improve effectiveness, knowledge, and user experience. Study 4 (N = 112, driving simulator study) extended this approach into real-time driving by integrating elaborated auditory ecodriving tips into a recommendation system. This combined approach significantly improved driving performance and strengthened perceived mental model support, although cognitive load, information acquisition, and subjective information processing awareness were negatively influenced. The dissertation offers novel instruments and methods to evaluate ecodriving feedback. Key contributions include a new experimental paradigm for assessing dynamic magnitude perception, and two new constructs: perceived support of action regulation and perceived support of the mental model, enabling a finer-grained evaluation of action regulation quality beyond conventional usability or satisfaction metrics. Furthermore, existing items for measuring perceived ecodriving knowledge were revised based on theoretical considerations. Finally, an AI-assisted method was employed to systematically analyse verbalised driving strategies and their technical explanations, demonstrating scalable content analysis. Theoretically, the dissertation integrates psychological frameworks with an emphasis on mental models and information processing, provides a systematic literature review, and links various feedback approaches to cognitive processing and behavioural regulation. Moreover, it extends established cognitive biases by identifying a novel bias specific to dynamic data visualisation. Empirically, it demonstrates that comprehension-oriented feedback can improve energy-efficient behaviour, deepen understanding, and enhance perceived support, especially when it explains behavioural strategies and clarifies causal relationships. The practical implications are synthesised into design guidelines for future feedback systems in BEVs and beyond. The innovations in this dissertation extend beyond the context of BEVs. Action regulation in complex and dynamic systems—such as aviation, industrial control, or AI-assisted decision-making, especially in light of the growing role of generative, speech-based AI—can benefit from these findings. When users must form accurate mental models or interpret raw data in real-time, feedback should explain mechanisms and facilitate information analysis rather than merely presenting outcomes. This dissertation lays the groundwork for future research on cognitively aligned feedback systems that foster effective action regulation, adequate mental models, and user experience.