Using Weather Data for Improved Analysis of Vehicle Energy Efficiency

In moving vehicles, the dominating energy losses are due to interactions with the environment: air resistance and rolling resistance. It is known that weather has a significant impact, yet there is a lack of literature showing how the wealth of openly available data from professional weather observa...

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Main Author: Reno Filla
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-02-01
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description In moving vehicles, the dominating energy losses are due to interactions with the environment: air resistance and rolling resistance. It is known that weather has a significant impact, yet there is a lack of literature showing how the wealth of openly available data from professional weather observations can be used in this context. This article will give an overview of how such data are structured and how they can be accessed in order to augment logs gained during vehicle operation or simulated trips. Two efficient algorithms for such data extraction and augmentation are discussed and several examples for use are provided, also demonstrating that some caveats do exist with respect to the source of weather data.
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spelling doaj-art-f0f341ccfb9a4865b9b418c89c5ae47b2025-08-20T03:43:33ZengMDPI AGData2306-57292025-02-011033110.3390/data10030031Using Weather Data for Improved Analysis of Vehicle Energy EfficiencyReno Filla0Scania CV AB, Research & Development, Granparksvägen 10, 15148 Södertälje, SwedenIn moving vehicles, the dominating energy losses are due to interactions with the environment: air resistance and rolling resistance. It is known that weather has a significant impact, yet there is a lack of literature showing how the wealth of openly available data from professional weather observations can be used in this context. This article will give an overview of how such data are structured and how they can be accessed in order to augment logs gained during vehicle operation or simulated trips. Two efficient algorithms for such data extraction and augmentation are discussed and several examples for use are provided, also demonstrating that some caveats do exist with respect to the source of weather data.https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5729/10/3/31environmental lossesenergy lossestire lossesrolling resistanceair resistanceair drag
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Using Weather Data for Improved Analysis of Vehicle Energy Efficiency
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environmental losses
energy losses
tire losses
rolling resistance
air resistance
air drag
title Using Weather Data for Improved Analysis of Vehicle Energy Efficiency
title_full Using Weather Data for Improved Analysis of Vehicle Energy Efficiency
title_fullStr Using Weather Data for Improved Analysis of Vehicle Energy Efficiency
title_full_unstemmed Using Weather Data for Improved Analysis of Vehicle Energy Efficiency
title_short Using Weather Data for Improved Analysis of Vehicle Energy Efficiency
title_sort using weather data for improved analysis of vehicle energy efficiency
topic environmental losses
energy losses
tire losses
rolling resistance
air resistance
air drag
url https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5729/10/3/31
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