Proposals should focus on methods how to optimise the control of powertrains taking into account specific transportation tasks. This can be achieved by using the information provided by new generation navigation systems and emission sensors linked to the On Board Diagnosis/On Board Measuring system in combination with electronics and actuators. The strategy will use data such as transport assignment (total weight, vehicle configuration, etc.), traffic and weather conditions, topography and road network on the chosen route, driving patterns of the surrounding vehicles, the state of the combustion engine, after treatment and transmission, monitored emissions emitted, etc. The resulting technology should deliver a global optimum for consumption (for both fuel, electric energy and other consumables related to emission control such as urea or ammonia) and noxious emissions on each mission, to be validated through a demonstrator.

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