ORNL researchers quantify the effect of increasing highway speed on fuel economy
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 18, 2013
legal light-duty vehicles from 1984 to present. The study includes various sizes of sedans, wagons, and SUVs, as well as pickup trucks, minivans and a few “muscle” and sports cars. 1 ] Road-loads are determined by on-road coastdown testing, and are simulated by the chassis dynamometer according to SAE Standards J2263, J2264. [
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