System and method for efficient driving

A system comprising:

• data processing hardware;
• and
• memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware, the memory hardware storing instructions that when executed on the data processing hardware cause the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising:
• receiving vehicle route information;
• generating a baseline vehicle route profile, the baseline vehicle route profile including an engine torque and an engine speed;
• generating, based on the engine torque and engine speed of the baseline vehicle route profile, a baseline energy consumption and a baseline travel time of the baseline vehicle route profile;
• processing the baseline vehicle route profile by detecting one or more changes in a road grade of the baseline vehicle route profile;
• for each detected change in the road grade of the baseline vehicle route profile, triggering a breakpoint to divide the baseline vehicle route profile into a plurality of segments, each respective segment in the plurality of segments having a baseline vehicle velocity;
• for each respective segment in the plurality of segments of the baseline vehicle route profile, performing local optimization to generate a modified vehicle velocity;
• generating, based on the modified vehicle velocity of each segment in the plurality of segments, an updated vehicle route profile;
• and
• performing global optimization on the updated vehicle route profile to generate an optimized vehicle route profile, the optimized vehicle route profile having an optimized energy consumption that is different than the baseline energy consumption of the baseline vehicle route profile.