Commission of the European Communities energy Alfa Romeo modular taxi Demonstration project Commission of the European Communities energy Alfa Romeo modular taxi Demonstration project Alfa Romeo SpA Via Gattamelata, 45 1-20149 Milan (Arese) Contract No EE/178/80-l Final report -»V- - ■ ':i·...··' .-'#M?5 Directorate-General Energy 1985 EUR 9491 EN Published by the COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Directorate-General Information Market and Innovation Bâtiment Jean Monnet LUXEMBOURG LEGAL NOTICE Neither the Commission of the European Communities nor any person acting on behalf of then is responsible for the use which might be made of the following information This publication is also available in the following language : IT ISBN 92-825-5468-6 Cataloguing data can be found at the end of this publication Luxembourg, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1985 ISBN 92-825-5467-8 Catalogue number: © ECSC-EEC-EAEC, Brussels · Luxembourg, 1985 Printed in Luxembourg CONTENTS Page 1. Introduction 1 2. Reasons for the demonstration project on a fleet of taxis 3 3. Equipping of cars - CEM system specifications 4 4. Characteristics of the modular operation algorithm 6 5. How the experiment was conducted 6 6. Results 7 6.1. Fuel consumption results6.2. Driveability results 9 6.3. Reliability results7. Conclusions 12 Patents obtained3 Figures5 III 1.