Abstract: The vehicle’s handling and stability has close relationship with the driver’s characteristics. So, for studying the vehicle’s handling and stability, the vehicle should be considered in the human-vehicle closed-loop system. Based on the achievements of the author and his research group, the progress of the human-vehicle closed-loop system is systemically introduced. It includes driving simulator driver model, the evaluation index of the human-vehicle closed-loop system and optimization of the human-vehicle system using the evaluation index.

Key words: Driver model evaluation, Driving simulator, Human-vehicle closed-loop system, Manoeuvrability, Optimization