Abstract
For a long range prospect of energy demands, improvement of fuel economy(FE) of cars is an important factor because it is not easy to substitute gasoline demands by other energy resources. Although recent FE for a standard running pattern has been remarkably improved, FE in real use depends on actual running patterns in cities, and there are some discrepancies between actual and the standard FE. Therefore, to improve accuracy of energy demands prediction, quantitative analysis of running patterns and their effects on FE is required, and authors measured actual running profiles for various road conditions by developing a simple measurement system, from which basic running patterns in cities are obtained. Then a model to estimate FE from the data is developed, and effects of present city running on FE are analysed quantitatively with the model, which can be used to evaluate future changes of FE in real use.
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