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United Kingdom
CO2 emission of the vehicle under type approval conditions [g CO2/km]
CO2 savings [g CO2/km]
Carbon dioxide
Arithmetic mean of the CO2 emissions of the vehicle measured using NEDC cycle, ambient temperature of 14 °C and engine coolant start temperatures Tk [g CO2/km]
Temperature decay factor of the engine coolant cool down curve [1/h]
Temperature decay factor of the EST cool down curve [1/h]
Enthalpy Storage Tank
Effective ratio of thermal inertias [-]
Number of measurements of the sample
New European Driving Cycle
Normalised fuel consumption potential at the engine coolant start temperature for the selected parking times ti [-]
Parking time [h]
Temperature of the engine coolant during parking time [°C]
Theoretical engine coolant temperature after discharging the EST system [°C]
Temperature of the EST coolant during parking time [°C]
Cold start temperature [°C] which is 14 °C
Hot start temperature [°C] which is the coolant temperature reached at the end of the NEDC cycle
State of charge
Share of parking time distribution [%] as defined in Table 6
Weighting factor for the parking time ti [%] as defined in Table 3