METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
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A method for estimating energy consumption of a motor vehicle during a given journey, including: a) cutting the journey into portions of journey, b) allocating a setpoint speed to each portion of journey, as a function of at least one characteristic of the portion, c) estimating, for each portion of journey, an evolution of speed of the vehicle as a function of time, the speed being estimated as a function of at least one characteristic of the portion of journey and as a function of a predetermined driving behaviour associated with the setpoint speed of the portion, to establish for a whole of the journey an estimation of the evolution of the speed of the vehicle as a function of time, d) estimating the energy consumption of the vehicle during the journey, as a function of the evolution of the estimated speed.
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9. A method for estimating energy consumption of a motor vehicle over a given route, comprising:
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a) splitting the route into route portions; b) allocating a set speed to each route portion, as a function of at least one characteristic of the route portion; c) estimating, for each route portion, a change in speed of the vehicle as a function of time, the speed being estimated as a function of at least one characteristic of the route portion and as a function of a predetermined driving behavior associated with the set speed of the portion, to establish for a whole of the route an estimate of the change in speed of the vehicle as a function of time; d) estimating the energy consumption of the vehicle over the route, as a function of the change in the estimated speed. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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