DDEC FOR MBE900 AND MBE4000

5.10

FUEL ECONOMY INCENTIVE

The purpose of Fuel Economy Incentive is to allow the fleet manager to set a target fuel economy
while providing the driver an incentive to meet the target.

5.10.1

OPERATION

Using the Fuel Economy Incentive option, a fleet manager can set a target fuel economy for each
engine. If this fuel economy is exceeded, the driver will be given a slightly increased vehicle
speed limit.
Target fuel economy, road speed limit, maximum MPH increase, conversion factor for MPH/MPG
and the option of total average fuel economy or trip fuel economy are all calibrated using the
DDR, DDDL, VEPS, DRS or at engine order entry. The feature is enabled by setting the
Maximum MPH to a non-zero value.
In this example the following limits are set as listed in Table 5-42.
Item

Set Limit

Vehicle Speed Limit

60 MPH

Maximum MPH - the maximum allowable increase

in vehicle speed

5 MPH

Conversion Factor

20 MPH/MPG

Target Fuel Economy

Table 5-42

7 MPG

Fuel Economy Limits

If the driver has an average fuel economy of 7.1 MPG then the new vehicle speed limit is 62
MPH. (60 MPH + (7.1-7.0 MPG) x (20 MPH/MPG) = 62 MPH)
The maximum vehicle speed obtainable regardless of the fuel economy is 65 MPH.

All information subject to change without notice.

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5.10.2

PROGRAMMING FLEXIBILITY

The parameters listed in Table 5-43 can be set using the DDR, DDDL, DRS, VEPS or minidiag2.
Parameter
Enable Fuel Economy
Incentive
Minimum Economy
Maximum MPH or Maximum
KPH
Convert Factor MPH/MPG

Calc Type

Table 5-43

5.10.3

Range

Default

Parameter ID

0 = Disable
1 = Enable

1 23 17

4 to 20 MPG,

1 23 23

0 to 20 MPH,

1 23 22

0 to 20 MPH/MPG

1 23 24

0 = TRIP FUEL ECON

1 = FILTERED FUEL
ECON

1 23 25

Definition
Enables/disable the feature.
Indicates the minimum economy
for fuel economy incentive.
Indicates customer set maximum
speed increase for vehicle.
The miles per hour you want to
allow for each full mile per gallon
above the minimum MPG.
FILT ECON bases the calculations
on the fuel information, by periodic
sampling of fuel consumption,
recorded in the ECM. TRIP
ECON bases the calculation on
the trip portion of the fuel usage
information.

Fuel Economy Incentive Parameters

INTERACTION WITH OTHER FEATURES.

Fuel Economy Incentive will increase the Cruise Control and vehicle speed limits.
A vehicle can be have with both PasSmart and Fuel Economy Incentive, but the extra speed
increments provided by the two features do not add together. For example, if Fuel Economy
Incentive is set for 7 MPH of extra speed when the driver hits the maximum fuel economy target
and the same vehicle has a 5 MPH PasSmart increase, the resulting speed increase is 7 MPH, not
12 MPH.

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All information subject to change without notice.

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