『Abstract
Recently, China has implemented many policy measures to control
the oil demand of on-road vehicles. In 2010, China started to
report the fuel consumption rates of light-duty vehicles tested
in laboratory and to require new vehicles to show the rates on
window labels. In this study, we examines the differences between
the test and real-world fuel consumption of Chinese passenger
cars by using the data reported by real-world drivers on the internet
voluntarily. he sales-weighted average fuel consumption of new
cars in China in 2009 was 7.80 L/10 km in laboratory and 9.02
L/100 km in real-world, representing a difference of 15.5%. For
the 153 individual car models examined, the real-world fuel consumption
rates were -8 to 60% different from the test values. The simulation
results of the International Vehicle Emission model show that
the real-world driving cycles in 22 selected Chinese cities could
result in -8 to 34% of changes in fuel consumption compared to
the laboratory driving cycle. Further government effort on fuel
consumption estimates adjustment, local driving cycle development,
and real-world data accumulation through communication with the
public is needed to improve the accuracy of the labeling policy.
Keywords: Labeling policy; Fuel consumption rate; Driving cycle』
1. Introduction
2. Fuel consumption rates on labels
3. Real-world data reported by drivers
4. Impact of driving cycles on fuel consumption rates
5. Implications
Acknowledgment
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