Strategies for reducing automobile fuel consumption

CA Romero, P Correa, EA Ariza Echeverri, D Vergara - Applied Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
In recent times, the significance of advancing road transportation technologies has notably
increased. This is mainly driven by the escalating need for road transportation systems that …

Real emissions, driving patterns and fuel consumption of in-use diesel buses operating at high altitude

M Giraldo, JI Huertas - Transportation research part D: Transport and …, 2019 - Elsevier
We report simultaneous measurements of fuel consumption, driving patterns, and CO 2, CO,
and NOx emission factors for diesel passenger buses under real operating conditions in …

Can electric vehicle drivers be persuaded to eco-drive? A field study of feedback, gamification and financial rewards in Germany

M Günther, C Kacperski, JF Krems - Energy Research & Social Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Promoting eco-driving with battery electric vehicles (BEVs) can help drivers reduce their
average energy consumption and enhance the driving range of a BEV. The present study …

Assessment of the effect of using air conditioning on the vehicle's real fuel consumption

AE Mogro, JI Huertas - International Journal on Interactive Design and …, 2021 - Springer
Vehicles fuel consumption under real-world conditions can be up to 60% higher than
reported by vehicle manufacturers. One of the most influential factors in this discrepancy is …

Behavioral interventions for sustainable transportation: An overview of programs and guide for practitioners

R Sussman, LQ Tan, CE Kormos - Transport and Energy Research, 2020 - Elsevier
The transportation sector accounts for a large proportion of the planet's greenhouse gas
emissions. Human behavior is the underlying root cause of the problem and, as such, an …

Driving the talk: examining professional truck drivers' motivations to engage in eco-driving

A Jazairy, T Pohjosenperä, J Sassali, J Juga… - International Journal of …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose This research examines what motivates professional truck drivers to engage in eco-
driving by linking their self-reports with objective driving scores. Design/methodology …

The effect of eco-driving initiatives toward sustainable urban waste collection

G Goes, R Bandeira, D Gonçalves… - International Journal …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Waste collection is a daily operation common to all cities. Nonetheless, the energy-saving
potential, and thus the greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions, of such collecting …

Comparison of driving cycles obtained by the Micro-trips, Markov-chains and MWD-CP methods

JI Huertas, LF Quirama, MD Giraldo… - International Journal of …, 2019 - journals.aau.dk
This work compared the Micro-trips, Markov-chains and the MWD-CP methods in their ability
of constructing driving cycles (DCs) that represent local driving patterns. For this purpose …

A wide environmental analysis of beekeeping systems through life cycle assessment: key contributing activities and influence of operation scale

L Vásquez-Ibarra, A Iriarte, P Villalobos… - … Journal of Agricultural …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Agri-food has become an economic sector under increasing pressure in order to support
food demand and decrease environmental impacts. One valuable methodology to evaluate …

Fuel-efficient driving in the context of urban waste-collection: A Spanish case study

JF González, AG Izquierdo, F Commans… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
While diesel use represents one of the most important costs of the waste-collection process,
the impact of eco-driving practices in this context has been surprisingly little addressed so …