Induction of a Consumption Pattern for Ethanol and Gasoline in Brazil
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Fuel Economy Data
2.2. Fuel Price Data
2.3. Method
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Vehicle Category | Quantity |
---|---|
Commercial | 5 |
Compact | 58 |
Extra large | 2 |
Large off-road | 2 |
Large | 36 |
Medium | 70 |
Minivan | 5 |
Pickup | 23 |
Compact pickup | 14 |
Subcompact | 17 |
Compact SUV | 53 |
SUV—4 × 4 compact | 2 |
Large SUV | 9 |
SUV—4 × 4 large | 2 |
Grand Total | 298 |
VFERcity | VFERhighway | |
---|---|---|
Upper extreme | 0.722 | 0.722 |
Q1 | 0.697 | 0.700 |
Median | 0.688 | 0.692 |
Q3 | 0.680 | 0.686 |
Lower extreme | 0.654 | 0.666 |
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Nascimento Filho, A.S.; dos Santos, R.G.O.; Calmon, J.G.A.; Lobato, P.A.; Moret, M.A.; Murari, T.B.; Saba, H. Induction of a Consumption Pattern for Ethanol and Gasoline in Brazil. Sustainability 2022, 14, 9047. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14159047
Nascimento Filho AS, dos Santos RGO, Calmon JGA, Lobato PA, Moret MA, Murari TB, Saba H. Induction of a Consumption Pattern for Ethanol and Gasoline in Brazil. Sustainability. 2022; 14(15):9047. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14159047
Chicago/Turabian StyleNascimento Filho, Aloisio S., Rafael G. O. dos Santos, João Gabriel A. Calmon, Peterson A. Lobato, Marcelo A. Moret, Thiago B. Murari, and Hugo Saba. 2022. "Induction of a Consumption Pattern for Ethanol and Gasoline in Brazil" Sustainability 14, no. 15: 9047. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14159047