2022 journal article
Fuel use and emission rates reduction potential for light-duty gasoline vehicle eco-driving
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART D-TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT, 109.
author keywords: Driving strategy; Fuel consumption; Air pollution; Tailpipe exhaust; Emission hotspot; Autonomous vehicle
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(OpenAlex)
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 15, 2022
Eco-driving offers potential to reduce fuel use and emission rates for light-duty gasoline vehicles (LDGVs). The objective is to quantify real-world route-level and segment-level fuel use and emission rates reduction potential for LDGV eco-driving. Three million seconds of real-world speed trajectory data were analyzed based on predominantly naturalistic driving of 160 drivers on eight mesoscale routes. The routes were further divided into 199 segments. A Vehicle Specific Power modal model was used to estimate trajectory-average fuel use and emission rates of CO2, CO, hydrocarbons, NOx, and particulate matter and to identify eco-driving trajectories. For route-level eco-driving, fuel use and emission rates reduction potential ranges from 6% to 40%, compared to average fuel use and emission rates estimated based on all trajectories. Eco-driving focused on fuel savings typically reduced air emissions and vice versa. Route-level eco-driving typically but not always concurrently reduces segment-level fuel use and emission rates. These co-benefits and tradeoffs can be used to guide LDGV eco-driving decisions.