Billions could be saved by the global automotive industry by monitoring greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from ICE vehicles, by monitoring energy consumption patterns from hybrids/EVs and through conscious improvement of driving habits. Innovative solutions in these areas could be leveraged across various sectors of the society to reinforce a greener road transport sector.

Automobile manufacturers today are struggling to reduce the average CO2 emissions of new cars from 159 gm/km to 95 gm/kg in 2020, to fulfill the EU commission regulations. Not only is this extremely challenging technologically, but also the resulting costs per car are likely to sum up to EUR 1,900 – equivalent to 130 to 150 EUR per ton of CO2 reduction. This is almost 300-400% higher than the CO2 reduction costs in other industry sectors. It is known that while 75% of the emissions are contributed during the use of the vehicle, the industry currently ignores the fact that an ageing fleet produces 20-30% more emissions than a new vehicle. While several constraints are currently affecting the growth of hybrids/EVs, which would otherwise help the industry achieve such targets, an enhanced focus on energy profiling and battery optimization is going to drive the future of this industry. An integrated approach addressing regulations, technological improvements and conscious driving would help achieve these goals.

Wipro has developed a solution that helps support various stakeholders involved in the emission reduction business, with an innovative and inexpensive way of tackling the emission reductions, across all the types of cars: ICE, hybrids and EVs. For ICE/hybrids, instantaneous real-time measurement or a standard estimation of the data related to emissions could be integrated with other eco-driving parameters captured through the vehicle CANBUS, and get aesthetically displayed to the driver to provide him feedback about his driving behavior.

In case of an electric mode in hybrids or electric vehicles, the battery SOC and SOH could be captured and displayed along with the driving pattern on the instrument cluster. All this would guide the driver to improve his driving, with a reference provided by the eco-index.

Therefore, this would not only help in improving fuel efficiency and optimizing the energy consumption from batteries, but would also serve as extremely valuable data for various stakeholders to reinforce their commitment to emission reductions. This information hence could be transmitted through a Telematics gateway to a server, which could provide driving inputs to the owners: consumers and fleet owners, emission trading opportunities to the OEMs, voluntary-based business opportunities to the insurance companies and various automotive dealerships and service stations, and finally implementation of regulations to various governments and authorities.