Energy-Aware Path Following: Comparative Analysis of Reinforcement Learning and NMPC for Electric Vehicles

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arXiv:2610.08112v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Path-following control strategies typically follow the bi-objective optimization dilemma: minimizing deviations from a reference path while maintaining smooth speed profiles. The latter objective is especially relevant for Electric Vehicles (EVs), since their limited driving range can be extended by recovering energy through regenerative braking, a feature that has not yet been sufficiently studied in the literature. In this work, we perform a co