But did you know that music also impacts the way we drive? And no, I’m not talking about your impromptu karaoke session on your way to the office this morning.
Along the predefined test route, a fixed playlist was played through the car’s infotainment system, containing a variety of songs from different genres. Each person was fitted with an Empatica E4, a medical-grade wristband that records biometric data such as heartbeats, heart rate variability, shifts in skin temperature and electrodermal activity.
“What we found from only two days of testing was that music really can have a dramatic influence on the real-world driving range of an electric vehicle,” said Dr Williams. “Different songs resulted in varying electrodermal activity and blood volume increase for each of the participants. This had a knock-on effect on driving style, and ultimately influenced the real-world driving range of the EV6.”