Concept Car - Life Cycle Energy Analysis

The Australian Concept Car was developed with support from a wide range of industry and government sectors. The estimated energy consumption over the vehicle life cycle is presented relative to a typical Australian Upper Medium Class car fleet. Several assumptions are made about the performance of the prototype car, when extrapolating it to a production counterpart for the comparison. Production methods are one area, covered by a survey of suppliers, and particularly in-service fuel use has had to be estimated using validated procedures. Uncertainties exist about the level of recycling at the end of the vehicles projected life after 225,000 km, leading to defined uncertainties. It is concluded that the concept car will have an energy reduction of 15-17.5% and the life cycle CO2 emissions will be reduced by a little less.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.4271/981154
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/01487191
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of SAE International.
• Authors:
  • Fewchuk, David
  • Lamb, David G
  • Parikh, Yogesh
  • Brey, Stefan
  • Charters, William W
  • Watson, Harry C
• Conference:
  • International Congress & Exposition
  • Location: Detroit Michigan, United States
  • Date: 1998-2-23 to 1998-2-26
• Publication Date: 1998-1-23

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Serial:
  • SAE Technical Paper
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • ISSN: 0148-7191
  • EISSN: 2688-3627
  • Serial URL: http://papers.sae.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Energy consumption; Prototypes; Scrap metal
• Subject Areas: Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01792559
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: SAE International
• Report/Paper Numbers: 981154
• Files: TRIS, SAE
• Created Date: Dec 9 2021 10:12AM