Abstract
This paper examines two green driving strategies based on inter-vehicle communication (IVC) aimed at reducing tailpipe emissions. Excessive speed and stop-and-go traffic significantly increase fuel consumption and vehicle emissions. It is anticipated that IVC, including vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications, will be available in the future to relay time-critical and location-based traffic information between vehicles allowing people to drive more smoothly and safely, which also affects fuel use. In this paper the authors study green driving strategies based on IVC and their effects on emission reductions in different traffic conditions. Newellâ??s car-following model and VT-Micro are integrated to establish a simulation platform. With higher market penetration of IVC-equipped vehicles, reduction of emissions and fuel consumption are greater. The greater the delay in communication, the smaller the reduction in emissions and fuel consumption.