Economic Impact of the Use of Inertia in an Urban Bus Company

Alejandro G. Tuero, Laura Pozueco, Roberto García, Gabriel Díaz, Xabiel G. Pañeda, David Melendi, Abel Rionda and David Martínez
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Alejandro G. Tuero: Informatics Department, University of Oviedo, 33204 Gijón, Spain
Laura Pozueco: Informatics Department, University of Oviedo, 33204 Gijón, Spain
Roberto García: Informatics Department, University of Oviedo, 33204 Gijón, Spain
Gabriel Díaz: Electrical, Electronic, Control and Telematics Engineering, and Engineering applied Chemistry Department, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED), 28040 Madrid, Spain
Xabiel G. Pañeda: Informatics Department, University of Oviedo, 33204 Gijón, Spain
David Melendi: Informatics Department, University of Oviedo, 33204 Gijón, Spain
Abel Rionda: ADN Context-Aware Mobile Solutions S.L., 33394 Gijón, Spain
David Martínez: ADN Context-Aware Mobile Solutions S.L., 33394 Gijón, Spain

Energies, 2017, vol. 10, issue 7, 1-17

Abstract: Public transport companies face great expenses. In order to be profitable companies, they need to reduce costs in all aspects. In addition, many countries have increased taxes to force transport companies to reduce their fuel consumption and, thus, greenhouse effect emissions. Efficient driving is the cheapest way to achieve this goal. In this paper, we analyze the economic impact of one of the most influential efficient driving techniques in an urban bus company. We calculate the difference of consumption between a well-performed deceleration using the inertia of the vehicle and a loss of speed obtained by using the brakes. For this purpose, we compare a real track performed by any driver in a precise vehicle with a simulated ideal track. To obtain the deceleration of the simulation, we develop a linear regression model on over 170,000 samples captured from the same vehicle over a period of one month. The results show that the costs of the vehicle under test in one month may be reduced by more than 2500 €

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Date: 2017
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