Research Article
Can Autonomous Vehicles Save Fuel? Findings from Field Experiments
Table 2
Comparison of the effect of different speed fluctuations on fuel consumption under different driving modes.
| | Cycle data | Fuel consumption | Fuel consumption difference | | Driving mode | Mean speed (km/h) | Variance (km2/h2) | Distance (m) | Field measured (L) | L/100 km |
| | Autonomous | 19.4 | 1.40 | 1312 | 0.0771 | 5.8765 | — | | Human-driven | 18.8 | 3.95 | 3089 | 0.1917 | 6.2059 | 5.6% | | 19.5 | 15.70 | 3220 | 0.2449 | 7.6056 | 29.4% | | 19.0 | 39.01 | 2924 | 0.2772 | 9.4802 | 61.3% | | Autonomous | 38.7 | 1.81 | 1351 | 0.0519 | 3.8416 | — | | Human-driven | 37.8 | 10.36 | 5247 | 0.2312 | 4.4063 | 14.7% | | 37.7 | 15.74 | 3846 | 0.2102 | 5.4654 | 42.3% | | 38.3 | 40.02 | 3953 | 0.2400 | 6.0713 | 58.0% |
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