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Title: Accounting for the Variation of Driver Aggression in the Simulation of Conventional and Advanced Vehicles: Preprint

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DOI:https://doi.org/10.4271/2013-01-1453· OSTI ID:1073523

Hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and battery electric vehicles offer the potential to reduce both oil imports and greenhouse gases, as well as to offer a financial benefit to the driver. However, assessing these potential benefits is complicated by several factors, including the driving habits of the operator. We focus on driver aggression, i.e., the level of acceleration and velocity characteristic of travel, to (1) assess its variation within large, real-world drive datasets, (2) quantify its effect on both vehicle efficiency and economics for multiple vehicle types, (3) compare these results to those of standard drive cycles commonly used in the industry, and (4) create a representative drive cycle for future analyses where standard drive cycles are lacking.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Vehicle Technologies Program
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1073523
Report Number(s):
NREL/CP-5400-57503
Resource Relation:
Journal Volume: 1; Conference: To be presented at the SAE World Congress and Exhibition, 16-18 April 2013, Detroit, Michigan
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English