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Experts seek to address connected-, autonomous-vehicle energy consumption
Alexa St. John
Connected and autonomous vehicles bring a lot of benefits to the transportation and mobility spaces.
But broader deployment and adoption of these advanced vehicles could impact the overall energy consumption of these sectors, industry experts warned during a panel that was part of SAE International s WCX Digital Summit this week.
A vehicle s level of automation, type of connectivity, class, powertrain type and the type of connected or automated functions it has can all influence its energy consumption, David Anderson, program manager for energy efficient mobility systems at the U.S. Department of Energy, said Wednesday in a session on the energy implications of connected and autonomous vehicles.