Analysis Reveals Impact of Road Grade on Vehicle Energy Use (Fact Sheet)

Eric Wood

Analysis Reveals Impact of Road Grade on Vehicle Energy Use (Fact Sheet)

Center for Integrated Mobility Sciences

Research output: NREL › Fact Sheet

Abstract

Findings of study indicate that, on average, road grade could be responsible for 1%-3% of fuel use in light-duty automobiles, with many individual trips impacted by as much as 40%.

Original language	American English
State	Published - 2014

NREL Publication Number

NREL/FS-5400-61678

Keywords

efficiency
fuel use
road grade
vehicles

Access to Document

https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy14osti/61678.pdf

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