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Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have estimated the fuel economy of a midsize car using
driving cycles from different countries. These results illustrate the difference in fuel economy which
can be obtained from the same vehicle using different test cycles.
Table 4.26
Projected Fuel Economies from U.S., European, and Japanese Driving Cycles
Driving Cycle
Projected fuel economy
for a 1995 composite
midsize vehicle a
Japanese 10/15 mode test cycle 17.5 mpg
New European Driving Cycle (NEDC) 22.0 mpg
U.S. EPA city cycle (LA4) 19.8 mpg
U.S. EPA highway cycle 32.1 mpg
U.S. Corporate Average Fuel Economy cycle 23.9 mpg
Source:
Santini, D., A. Vyas, J. Anderson, and F. An, Estimating Trade-Offs along the
Path to the PNGV 3X Goal, presented at the Transportation Research
Board 80 th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, January 2001.
a The 1995 composite midsize vehicle is an average of a Chevrolet Lumina, Chrysler Concord,
and Ford Taurus. The fuel economies were projected using the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s
Advanced Vehicle Simulator (ADVISOR) model.
TRANSPORTATION ENERGY DATA BOOK: EDITION 23—2003