Fuel Economy Optimization

Ricardo’s Total Vehicle Fuel Economy process is a systems approach that quickly identifies, validates and implements the most cost-effective strategies to achieve vehicle fuel economy and CO2 goals.

Key aspects of the Ricardo service:

• Complete vehicle simulation based on models created for each sub-system and powertrain configuration (including hybrid options)
• Fuel economy assessed against relevant drive cycles and emission legislation targets to identify vehicle energy flows – combustion, ancillaries, transmission, aerodynamics and rolling resistance
• Fuel economy sensitivity analysis using simulation techniques to evaluate the cost/benefit trade off of implementing new fuel efficient technologies and assessing their impact on both real world and homologated drive cycles