Proposing a Method for Assessing Fuel Consumption and Pollutants Emissions with the Use of Continuously Variable Transmission in Town Cars

Abstract

The 21st century brings countless social, economic, environmental, and technological challenges to humanity and, to face them, the United Nations (UN) created the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The auto industry, which is part of the private sector, aims to reach them. In this context, this study aims to evaluate the consumption and emissions of pollutants by using an automatic transmission of the CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission) type concerning the automatic transmission of the "Planetary" type. This study will be based on the Consumption/Energy Efficiency tables, published annually by INMETRO (National Institute of Metrology, Quality, and Technology) and whose data will be processed and evaluated using the Quik Sense Software. Thus, the work aims to appraise the advantages of vehicles with automatic transmission of the CVT type about fuel consumption, energy efficiency and emissions, in markets such as Brazil, where these vehicles use ethanol or a mixture of gasoline with up to 27 as fuel % Ethanol. This research can contribute to studies of emission control and approval, benefiting the automotive industry in general, government agencies, the environment, the economy, and society, contributing to the UN's SDGs achievement.