The market demand for vehicles with reduced energy consumption, as well as increasingly stringent standards limiting CO2 emissions, are the focus of a large number of research works undertaken in the analysis of the energy consumption of cars in real...
The degree of autonomy of a battery-powered mobile device depends, among others, on the efficient use of energy by the powered devices. Using an example of electric drive systems of an orthotic robot, the authors present a method of reducing the ener...
The increasing demand for electric vehicles (EVs) in the transportation industry, especially for efficient battery–electric trucks, has led to an increase in studies on the efficiency or energy consumption of commercial vehicles. In this paper,...
Battery electric vehicles (BEV) are suitable alternatives for achieving energy independence and meeting the criteria for reducing greenhouse emissions in the transportation sector. Evaluating their performance and energy consumption in the real-data...
BEVs (Battery Electric Vehicles) have received widespread attention from various countries for their potential in combating global warming, the energy crisis, and environmental pollution. The driving range and energy consumption of BEVs vary signific...
A driving cycle is a time series of a vehicle’s speed, reflecting its movement in real road conditions. In addition to certification and comparative research, driving cycles are used in the virtual design of drive systems and embedded control algorit...
Energy management strategies (EMS) in the context of electric or hybrid vehicles can optimize the available energy by minimizing consumption. Most optimization-based EMS are not real-time-applicable for an accurate estimation of future consumption. T...
Today, reducing vehicle energy consumption is a crucial topic. For electric vehicles, reducing energy consumption is essential to address some of the most critical issues associated with this type of vehicle, such as the limited range of electric pow...
The global efforts to combat climate change, decarbonize the economies, and move towards a more sustainable future are focused on improving energy efficiency and reconfiguring the energy mix. Considering the impact on the environment and economic act...
The estimation of energy consumption under real-world driving conditions is a prerequisite for optimizing bus scheduling and meeting the requirements of route operation, thereby promoting the large-scale application of battery electric buses. However...
In this paper, an energy consumption generation method is proposed to accurately calculate the energy consumption of fuel cell vehicles (FCVs). A specific driver drives on a route (from Jilin University to FAW Volkswagen) for 331 working days (1 Apri...
The city of Douala in Cameroon is facing great challenges in terms of its demographic growth, economic development and urbanization, especially in relation to environmental and economic factors. However, there has been significant growth in its road...
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Urban production energy consumption produces a large amount of carbon emissions, which is an important source of global warming. This study measures the quantity and intensity of carbon emissions in 30 provinces of China based on urban production ene...
Driven by the dual-carbon strategy, accurate personalized energy consumption estimation of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) is a core demand of intelligent transportation. Differentiated long-term driving styles lead to 20–30% energy consumptio...
This paper constructs a modified hypothesis extraction method (MHEM)–structural decomposition analysis (SDA)–structural path decomposition (SPD) analytical framework and employs the 2018–2022 Chinese input–output tables to dis...
Air pollution and climate change are some of the main problems that humankind is currently facing. The electrification of the transport sector will help to reduce these problems, but one of the major barriers for the massive adoption of electric vehi...
Conventional driving-behavior clustering primarily distinguishes behavioral differences without explicitly considering feature associations with electric vehicle (EV) energy consumption, leaving the energy relevance of the resulting patterns unclear....
Despite the increasing contribution of the automotive industry to China’s national economy, CO2 emissions have become a challenge. However, the research about its energy consumption and carbon emissions is lacking. The significance of this study is t...
One of the environmental aims of the European Union is to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. According to European Parliament data, transport emissions accounted for about 25% of global carbon dioxide emissions in 2016, in which road transport had t...
Battery-powered catenary-free light rail vehicles (CF-LRVs) are increasingly adopted as sustainable urban transport solutions, offering advantages such as the elimination of overhead catenary infrastructure, reduced visual intrusion, and enhanced ope...
This article presents the results of energy consumption research for an electric light commercial vehicle (eLCV) powered by a centrally located motor (4 × 2 drive system) or motors placed in the vehicle’s wheels (4 × 4 drive system). For the consider...
This paper aims to study the torque optimization control of distributed drive electric vehicles in the cornering process and reduce the cornering energy consumption. The main energy consumption of the vehicle in the cornering process is analyzed clea...
Drive cycle a is primary information useful for analyzing, designing, and optimizing automotive controllers for vehicle homologation. Conventional and electric vehicles are tested and certified based on the specified standard driving cycles as per ve...
Starting from the general principles of material cutting, with applicability to coal and overburden excavation using bucket wheel excavators (BWEs), this paper proposes another method for calculating the drive power of the bucket wheel excavator by c...
Automotive applications often experience conflicting-objective optimization problems focusing on performance parameters that are catered through precisely developed cost functions. Two such conflicting objectives which substantially affect the workin...
The results of the analysis of the operation of heavy-duty vehicles with high load capacity (tractor units with trailers) have been presented. The road transport of cargo relies heavily on vehicles of this type. Performing this role is associated wit...
Energy consumption in electric vehicles is a key element of their operation, determining energy efficiency and one of its main indicators, i.e., range. Therefore, in this article, mathematical models were developed to evaluate the impact of selected...
Battery electric buses are used for operation on urban bus routes. The main disadvantage of battery electric buses is their limited range that depends on energy consumption. This paper presents a new approach to the estimation of energy consumption o...
The article addresses the problem of estimating the specific electric energy consumption of urban electric transport under real operating conditions. It is substantiated that standardized driving cycles and rated energy consumption values do not alwa...
Driving a tram in city traffic is a challenging task. It is especially difficult to drive smoothly (without unnecessary jerks) when the route runs through streets with many other vehicles, pedestrians, and traffic lights. A smooth driving style of th...
Electrification of powertrain systems offers numerous advantages in the global trend in vehicular applications. A wide range of energy sources and zero-emission propulsion in the tank to wheel significantly add to electric vehicles’ (EV) attractivene...
Controlling energy consumption to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has become a global consensus in response to the challenge of climate change. Most studies have focused on energy consumption control in a single region; however, high-resolution analy...
Standardized driving cycles often inadequately represent the driving patterns specific to a particular city, and variations in vehicle types within the same city further contribute to discrepancies in driving cycles. This study seeks to characterize...
Cooperative driving systems can coordinate individual vehicles on the road in a platoon, holding significant promise for enhancing traffic efficiency and lowering the energy consumption of vehicle movements. For an extended period, vehicles on the ro...
This article addresses the current issue of energy consumption in the hydraulic drive systems of working machines, with particular emphasis on elevators. This paper describes the results of experimental comparative research and estimation of energy a...
This article summarises the experimental testing campaign performed at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) on the demonstrator battery electric vehicle (BEV) of the European Union Horizon 2020 research project QUIET. The project, launched in October 2017...
The energy consumption profiles of conventional fuelled and electric vehicles are different due to the fundamental differences in the driving characteristics of these vehicles, which have been actively researched elsewhere but mostly on the basis of...
The improvement of both the stability and economy of the four in-wheel motor drive (4IWMD) electric vehicle under complex drive cycles is currently a difficult problem in this field. A torque distribution method with the comprehensive goals of optima...
Plug-in hybrids (PHEV) have become popular due to zero-emission driving, e.g., in urban areas, and using an internal combustion engine on longer distances. Energy consumption by the PHEV depends on many factors which can be either dependent or indepe...
Multi-axle distributed electric drive heavy-duty vehicles have the characteristics of high transmission efficiency, strong maneuverability, and good passability, making them widely used in large cargo transportation. However, the current driving torq...
Efficient vehicle driving generally intends to reduce fuel consumption, emissions of harmful substances, and accident rates based on energy-efficient driving patterns as a set of parameters defining optimal vehicle and route characteristics, together...
Since battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales are increasing, the calculation of necessary electric power supply, and energy consumption data, and vehicle range is important. The Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP) currently in use...
Constrained by traditional fuel-saving technologies that have almost reached the limit of fuel-saving potential, the difficulty in changing urban congestion, and the low market penetration rate of new energy vehicles, in the short term, eco-driving s...
Energy management strategies are vitally important to give full play to energy-saving four-wheel-drive plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (4WD PHEV). This paper proposes a novel dual-adaptive equivalent consumption minimization strategy (DA-ECMS) for t...
The rising population in suburban areas have led to an increasing demand for commuter buses. Coupled with a desire to reduce pollution from the daily routine of traveling and transportation, electric vehicles have become more interesting as an altern...
One of the problems limiting the off-road mobility of multi-axle-wheeled vehicles is a kinematic discrepancy, which increases the resistance to motion when negotiating obstacles. This paper presents the results of research on the possibility of reduc...
Transport electrification, which entails replacing fossil fuel-powered engines with electric drivetrains through the use of electric vehicles (EVs), has been identified as a potential strategy for reducing emissions in the transportation sector. As t...
Electric vehicle (EV) performance can vary substantially under real-world operating conditions, particularly due to ambient temperature effects on energy consumption, battery behavior, and thermal management requirements. This study quantifies how we...
This paper introduces an alternative control strategy for the variable voltage control of an electric drivetrain for a Class 4 medium-duty delivery truck and compares the resulting vehicle energy consumption over standardized drive cycles. The baseli...
Four-wheel-drive electric vehicles with multiple motors have several advantages such as energy saving, environmental protection, and excellent dynamics performance. Therefore, they have become an important development trend in the field of electric v...
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