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Eco-driving : strategic, tactical, and operational decisions of the driver that improve vehicle fuel economy.
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2011-08-01
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Abstract:"This report presents information about the effects of decisions that a driver can make to
influence on-road fuel economy of light-duty vehicles. These include strategic decisions
(vehicle selection and maintenance), tactical decisions (route selection and vehicle load), and
operational decisions (driver behavior).
The results indicate that vehicle selection has by far the most dominant effect: The best
vehicle currently available for sale in the U.S. is nine times more fuel efficient than the worst
vehicle. Nevertheless, the remaining factors that a driver has control over can contribute, in
total, to about a 45% reduction in the on-road fuel economy per driver—a magnitude well
worth emphasizing. Furthermore, increased efforts should also be directed at increasing
vehicle occupancy, which has dropped by 30% from 1960. That drop, by itself, increased the
energy intensity of driving per occupant by about 30%."
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