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An Evaluation Method for Automotive Technical and Comprehensive Performance

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An objective evaluation scheme for automotive technical and comprehensive performance could provide critical and instructive insights for academic research, engineering practice, and commercial marketing of vehicles. In this paper, the technical performance index \(A = S/\left( {T_{1} \cdot T_{2} } \right){ }\) \(({\text{m}}/({\text{s}}^{2} \cdot \;{\text{L}}))\) and comprehensive performance index \(F = M \cdot S/\left( {T_{1} \cdot T_{2} } \right),\) (\({\text{kN}}\cdot\;{\text{L}}^{ - 1}\), where \(M\) is the vehicle mass) are formulated by incorporating the vehicle 0–100 \( {\text{km}}\cdot\;{\text{h}}^{ - 1}\) acceleration duration \({ }T_{1}\), 100–0 \( {\text{km}}\cdot\;{\text{h}}^{ - 1}\) braking duration \({ }T_{2}\), and fuel economy \(S\) (mileage per liter fuel at constant speed) to assess the vehicle’s longitudinal dynamic performance. \(A\) and \(F\) offer a clear physical implication of a vehicle’s acceleration capability and traction efficiency acquired per unit of fuel consumption, respectively. These indexes are used for wide case studies of popular market sedans and SUVs of joint ventures (JVs) and domestic brands in China over the last 17 years. The findings prove that this approach could be effectively and reliably utilized for the objective evaluation and analysis of the technical and comprehensive performance of automotive models.

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The National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project Name: Transmission mechanics and performance optimization of confined granular media self-adaptive differential; No. 51475475) and the Changsha Natural Science Foundation of China (Project Name: Structure principle and performance prediction of the intelligent tire; No. kq2014130) have provided funding for this research.

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  1. School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China

    Mengfei Liu, Ruikai Lu, Zijun Hao, Xin Tang, Gang Lei & Hongwu Ouyang

  2. State Key Laboratory of High-Performance Complex Manufacturing, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China

    Mengfei Liu, Ruikai Lu, Zijun Hao, Xin Tang, Gang Lei & Hongwu Ouyang

  3. University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK

    Xinyu Ouyang

  4. Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1TN, UK

    Raphael Blumenfeld

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Liu, M., Ouyang, X., Lu, R. et al. An Evaluation Method for Automotive Technical and Comprehensive Performance. Automot. Innov. 6, 231–243 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42154-022-00213-0

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