Investigating Fuel Consumption and Pollutants Emission of Autonomous Vehicles Using the Waymo Open Dataset

Abstract

AbstractAutonomous vehicles are conjectured to be environmentally friendly, but their impact on environmental sustainability is largely hypothesized or assessed via numerical simulations that do not consider driving behavior—an essential component of ...Practical ApplicationsThe findings of the current study can have significant implications for framing policies to minimize environmental degradation due to vehicle fuel consumption and pollutant emissions. Results suggest a marginal reduction in the fuel ...