Interesting discussion, Benje. We did some work a few years back tracking vehicles in Victoria, Australia with a plan to calculate fuel consumption and emissions based on inputs such as vehicle year, make, speed, topography, acceleration etc. It was a lot of data and even then we lacked important inputs (that influence efficiency) such as the condition of the engine and the tyre pressure). There are always limits to this. However, generally speaking, we found efficiency gains would come from just a few standard improvements, which meant after collecting data for a while, you didn't need any more. In your case, you're looking for individualised improvements based on routing and so forth, so that's another level of complexity again. However, maybe this work would have the same outcome: that is, a few general tips for improvement help most drivers.
Interesting discussion, Benje. We did some work a few years back tracking vehicles in Victoria, Australia with a plan to calculate fuel consumption and emissions based on inputs such as vehicle year, make, speed, topography, acceleration etc. It was a lot of data and even then we lacked important inputs (that influence efficiency) such as the condition of the engine and the tyre pressure). There are always limits to this. However, generally speaking, we found efficiency gains would come from just a few standard improvements, which meant after collecting data for a while, you didn't need any more. In your case, you're looking for individualised improvements based on routing and so forth, so that's another level of complexity again. However, maybe this work would have the same outcome: that is, a few general tips for improvement help most drivers.
Kevin