Practicalities and Driving Dynamics of a Real Driving Emissions (RDE) Euro 6 Regulation Homologation Test

Timothy Bodisco and Ali Zare
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Timothy Bodisco: Flow, Aerosols & Thermal Energy (FATE) Group, Deakin University, 75 Pigdons Rd, Victoria 3216, Australia
Ali Zare: Flow, Aerosols & Thermal Energy (FATE) Group, Deakin University, 75 Pigdons Rd, Victoria 3216, Australia

Energies, 2019, vol. 12, issue 12, 1-19

Abstract: One of the most important sources of air pollution, especially in urban areas, is the exhaust emissions from passenger cars. New European emissions regulations, to minimize the gap between manufacturer-reported emissions and those emitted on the road, require new vehicles to undergo emission testing on public roads during the certification process. Outlined in the new regulation are specific boundary conditions to which the route on which the vehicle is driven must comply during a legal test. These boundary conditions, as they relate to the design and subsequent driving of a compliant route, are discussed in detail. The practicality of designing a compliant route is discussed in the context of developing a route on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, in a prescriptive manner. The route itself was driven 5 times and the results compared against regulation boundary conditions.

Keywords: euro emissions standards; European regulations; real driving emissions; driving dynamics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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