How CAVs Can Be Tested in the Short Term for Energy and Emissions
Date and Time: Tuesday, July 11, 2023: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
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CAVs testing limitations for energy efficiency and emissions is analogous to the emissions testing limitations of the 1970s. Reviewing how industry and regulators moved forward on emissions can guide us to a solution for testing CAVs. New testing concepts will be introduced that make this possible.
Speaker Biography
Leo pioneered real-world mass emissions and fuel economy testing of vehicles and engines starting in 1995 as an EPA engineer. The test equipment didn’t exist, so he invented, patented, and commercialized what has become known as PEMS so others could also access it. He personally designed, built, and used the first systems known as ROVERs, showing how diagnostic engine, vehicle, driver, and GPS data could be combined to better understand the causes of emissions anomalies in the real world.
To make it available to a wider audience and allow others, besides governments to monitor emissions, he transferred the technology to market where it has been commercially available worldwide for over 20 years. This pioneering work laid the foundation for eliminating defeat devices and enabling RDE testing in Europe.
Leo later managed a large portfolio of DOE research projects for improving the efficiency of internal combustion engines, served as a program manager for DOE's SBIR program, managed an algal biofuels lab and worked for Tula Technology in the development of Dynamic Skipfire technologies for improved vehicle fuel economy. He also invented and sold the rights to a new hybrid powertrain architecture to a Silicon Valley company.
As Technology Development Director at HORIBA, Leo is now responsible for advanced technology development. Current focus areas include testing technologies and solutions for CAVs testing as well as precisely replicating road testing in a laboratory using HORIBA Torque Matching (HTM).
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How CAVs Can Be Tested in the Short Term for Energy and Emissions
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