Energy Implications of Current Travel and the Adoption of Automated Vehicles

This report presents results from a public survey of stated preferences on Automated Vehicles (AV) technology. Using data collected from the general public, the authors gained insights into current travel behavior, those who are likely to adopt AVs first, and how these groups’ commuting and driving habits may change. These shifting habits have the potential to affect energy consumption if AV technology is widely adopted in the U.S. Findings are described as follows: Section 2 explains the methods used to obtain data based on responses to surveys; Section 3 captures the responses to survey questions highlighting current driving behaviors and views of AVs; Section 4 analyzes responses to survey questions based on demographics and geographical regions, including anticipated changes in behavior when using AVs; and Section 5 extrapolates potential impacts to energy consumption if AVs were widely adopted among different demographic and regional groups, and includes a discussion comparing results of similar studies.

• Record URL:
  • https://afdc.energy.gov/files/u/publication/energy_implications_automated_vehicles.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  National Renewable Energy Laboratory

  Golden, CO  United States  80401

  Department of Energy

  1000 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20585
• Authors:
  • Fleming, Kelly
  • 0000-0002-7249-843X
  • Singer, Mark
• Publication Date: 2019-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Technical Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 42p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Autonomous vehicles; Energy consumption; Forecasting; Impacts; Stated preferences; Surveys; Travel behavior
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01707766
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: NREL/TP-5400-72675
• Contract Numbers: DE-AC36-08GO28308
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 12 2019 9:18AM