LITERATURE REVIEW: Jan 2015
REAL-WORLD FUEL CONSUMPTION OF HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLES IN THE UNITED STATES, CHINA, AND THE EUROPEAN UNION
This paper begins by presenting some summary data to describe the composition of
the HDV fleets in the U.S., China, and the EU in terms of vehicle population breakdowns
and contributions to overall fuel use within the HDV sector. This snapshot of the three
markets is followed by a description of HDV fuel efficiency regulatory developments in
the U.S., China, and the EU. The subsequent section discusses the different categories of
fuel consumption data, what was available for this study, and the value of various types
of data for illuminating the fuel savings impacts of HDV regulation.
