REGIONALIZATION OF IN-USE FUEL ECONOMY EFFECTS

The capability of regional and seasonal factors to account for the variation observed in on-road fuel economy shortfall is examined. The analysis characterizes the seasonal trends in geographic regions of the US and develops a preliminary regionalization procedure. A predictive model of the regional/seasonal variations in shortfall from national annual-average conditions was developed. The regionalization procedure incorporates three major in-use fuel economy effects: vehicle-specific intensity of use (average miles per day); cyclical monthly variations for three US temperature zones; and annual differences associated with local population density and large-scale geographic regions. The regionalization procedure is demonstrated using the General Motors 1980 Postcard Survey of in-use fuel economy.

• Corporate Authors:

  Energy and Environmental Analysis, Incorporated

  1111 North 19th Street
  Arlington, VA  United States  22209
• Publication Date: 1982-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 70 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Finance; Fuel consumption; Impact studies; Mathematical models; Regions; Seasons; Temperature
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models; Seasonal variations
• Old TRIS Terms: Shortfall
• Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Finance; Highways; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00393694
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOE/PE/70032-T6
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 1985 12:00AM