Comparison of Fuel Economy over Different Drive Cycles Each Having the Same Average Speed

Andrew McGordon; Stewart Birrell; John Poxon; Paul Jennings

doi:10.54941/ahfe100743

Comparison of Fuel Economy over Different Drive Cycles Each Having the Same Average Speed

Andrew McGordon
, Stewart Birrell
, John Poxon
, Paul Jennings

University of Warwick

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Abstract

The fuel economy of a vehicle is known to be highly dependent on its average speed during driving, with a maximum in fuel economy being present at around 40-50mph. Comparatively little work has been done on the investigation of how fuel economy varies for the same average speed. In this paper we report a theoretical simulation study of nine drive cycles each having the same average speed. The fuel economy for a typical C-segment vehicle varied from 37.3 to 74.4mpg for the nine drive cycles studied. Of the various metrics considered, standard deviation of speed, appears to be the most promising to explain the range of fuel economy. The results have important implications for transport planners, local authorities and national governments who rely on emissions predictions derived from vehicle average speeds. This research highlights the issues associated with this approach.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics International
Publisher	AHFE Conference
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9781495120992
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.54941/ahfe100743
Publication status	Published - 2022
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics International
Volume	17
ISSN (Electronic)	2771-0718

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Funding

The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of EPSRC through the Warwick Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre which supported the collection of the real world data. This work was supported by the High Value Manufacturing Catapult centre at WMG, the University of Warwick, UK.

Funders
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
University of Warwick
University of Warwick

Keywords

Driver Behaviour
Fuel Economy
Powertrain Simulation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Artificial Intelligence
Human-Computer Interaction
Management Science and Operations Research
Engineering (miscellaneous)
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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Comparison of Fuel Economy over Different Drive Cycles Each Having the Same Average Speed. / McGordon, Andrew; Birrell, Stewart; Poxon, John et al.
Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics International. AHFE Conference, 2022. (Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics International; Vol. 17).

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