Advanced Automotive Technology: Visions of a Super-Efficient Family Car

TABLE 4-13: Comparison Between OTA and SIMPLEV Model Calculations

of Hybrid Fuel Economy

2005 (0) 2015 (m)

City Highway City Highway

OTA 55.9 67.5 , 65.9 78.9

SIMPLEV | 68.6 66.4 75.0 75.1

Difference +22.7 -1.6 +13.8 -4.8

SOURCE: Energy and Environmental Analysis, Inc.,“Automotive Technologies To Improve Fuel
Economy to 2015,” prepared for the Office of Technology Assessment, June 1995.