Predicting light-duty vehicle fuel economy as a function of highway speed

SAE International Journal of Passenger Cars - Mechanical Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 859-875

  Thomas, John ^a   Hwang, Ho Ling ^a   West, Brian ^a   Huff, Shean ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER PROTECTION; DYNAMOMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FUELS; ROAD VEHICLES;

CONSUMER INFORMATION; DYNAMOMETER TESTING; INFORMATION CONCERNING; LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES; STATISTICAL COMPARISONS; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; VEHICLE FUEL ECONOMY;

FUEL ECONOMY;

EID: 84878811258     PISSN: 19463995     EISSN: 19464002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2013-01-1113     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. "Fuel Economy" U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, http://www.fueleconomy.gov/
2. SAE International Surface Vehicle Recommended Practice, "Road Load Measurement Using Onboard Anemometry and Coastdown Techniques, " SAE Standard J2263, Rev. Dec. 2008.
3. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency publically available data base files are found at http://www.epa.gov/otaq/tcldata.htm, and http://www.epa.gov/otaq/crttst.htm.
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5. SAE Standard J2264, "Surface Vehicle Recommended Practice, Chassis Dynamometer Simulation of Road Load Using Coastdown Techniques, " SAE Standard J2264, Issued April 1995.
6. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Final Technical Support Document. Fuel Economy Labeling of Motor Vehicles: Revisions to Improve Calculations of Fuel Economy Estimates, EPA420-R-06-017, December 2006.
7. Thomas, John, Huff Shean, and West Brian, "Fuel Economy and Emissions of a Vehicle Equipped with an Aftermarket Flexible-Fuel Conversion Kit, " ORNL/TM-2011/483, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, April, 2012, DOI: 10.2172/1038474.
8. Thomas, J., West, B., Huff, S., and Norman, K., "Effect of Intake Air Filter Condition on Light-Duty Gasoline Vehicles, " SAE Technical Paper 2012-01-1717, 2012, doi:10.4271/2012-01-1717.
9. Francfort James and Shirk Matthew, Idaho National Laboratory, supplied Advanced Vehicle Testing Activity data and other information, http://avt.inl.gov/hev.shtml, April 2012.