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ORNL’s Real-World Traffic Demo Reveals Energy Savings

Connected, automated vehicle traveling through time-controlled, integrated traffic lights maximized energy efficiency,

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers determined that a connected and automated vehicle, or CAV, traveling on a multilane highway with integrated traffic light timing control can maximize energy efficiency and achieve up to 27% savings. In a demonstration, a plug-in hybrid passenger vehicle in electric mode was driven down a busy corridor in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The test vehicle and the timing of traffic lights along the longitudinal route were controlled by ORNL-developed computer alg...

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