CAR FUEL CONSUMPTION: ITS RELATIONSHIP TO OFFICIAL LIST CONSUMPTIONS

Each April and October the Department of Transport publishes the fuel consumptions of new cars as measured in standard tests. These consumptions are measured in an urban driving cycle, at a steady 90 km/h, and at a steady 120 km/h. Although these figures are intended to help car buyers it is known that they are not fully-representative of real driving conditions. This study was concerned with deriving a formula to calculate on-road fuel consumptions from the standard test consumptions. (a)

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  Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)

  Wokingham, Berkshire  United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • Watson, R L
• Publication Date: 1989

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 17 p.
• Serial:
  • TRRL RESEARCH REPORT
  • Issue Number: RR 1
  • Publisher: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
  • ISSN: 0266-5247

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Calculation; Forecasting; Fuel consumption; Mathematical analysis; Methodology; Urban areas
• ITRD Terms: 6471: Analysis (math); 6464: Calculation; 1243: Car; 132: Forecast; 232: Fuel consumption; 9102: Method; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Energy;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00487854
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: 55
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 30 1989 12:00AM