PASSENGER CAR FUEL ECONOMY DURING NON-URBAN DRIVING

Since the FTP does not represent the type of driving done in rural areas, especially on highways, a driving cycle to assess highway fuel economy was a desirable supplement. The new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) "highway" cycle was constructed from actual speed-versus-time traces generated by an instrumented test car driven over a variety of nonurban roads and highways. This cycle reflects the correct proportion of operation on each of the four major types of nonurban roads and preserves the non-steady-state characteristics of real-world driving. /GMR

• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Austin, T C
  • Hellman, K H
  • Paulsell, C D
• Publication Date: 1974-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 8 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Energy; Fuel consumption; Instrumented vehicles; Rural highways; Traffic speed; Travel time
• Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00145029
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE #740592
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 1 1977 12:00AM