ACTUAL USES OF THE CARS: THE EXPERIMENTAL STUDY EUREV

UTILISATIONS REELLES DES VEHICULES: L'ETUDE EXPERIMENTALE EUREV

Thirty-five passengers cars have been studied by means of on-board data acquisition systems. The methods used are described and some aspects of actual car use by their drivers, recorded in time intervals in seconds over a total 23,000 km are analyzed. The following data were studied: vehicle daily use rates; durations; distances travelled; travel characteristics, and differences according to the studied areas; speeds, fuel consumption, use of manual choke, lighting, wipers and gear changes.

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  Institut National de Recherche sur les Transports et leur Securite (INRETS)

  2 Avenue du General Malleret-Joinville
  Arcueil Cedex,   France  F-94114
• Authors:
  • ANDRE, M
• Publication Date: 1989-3

Language

• French

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 33-38
• Serial:
  • RECHERCHE TRANSPORTS SECURITE
  • Issue Number: 21
  • Publisher: Institut National de Recherche sur les Transports et leur Securite (INRETS)
  • ISSN: 0761-8980

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile travel; Data collection; Fuel consumption; Onboard navigational aids; Travel patterns; Trip length
• Old TRIS Terms: On board
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00486847
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1989 12:00AM