Driving cycle tracking device development and analysis on route-to-work for Kuala Terengganu city

Abstract

Driving cycle is a series of speed versus time profile used to represent driving patterns of a vehicle. research in this field guides vehicle manufacturers and environmentalists to investigate air quality through emissions. Study on driving cycle also aids manufacturers to manage vehicle emissions and to save energy released through exhaust. Also, driving cycles can provide information on road condition and driving behaviour of an individual. For that, a proper data collection method is crucial as it is solely based on real world driving. This research is an initiative to construct a prototype of driving cycle tracking device (DC-TRAD) in which it was implemented with internet-of-things (IoT) to manage big number of collected data. U-Blox global positioning system (GPS) neo 7 M sensor was used to increase the accuracy of data capturing and it was used on route-to-work for Kuala Terengganu city (RTW DC for KT city) for analysis.