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Energy Consumption of Vehicles (5 cr)

Code: TE00CL58-3002

General information


Enrollment

02.07.2025 - 05.09.2025

Timing

01.09.2025 - 03.10.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Engineering and Business

Campus

Kupittaa Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Automotive and Transportation Engineering

Teachers

  • Markku Ikonen

Teacher in charge

Markku Ikonen

Groups

  • PAUTOS22

Objective

The student understands Energy Consumption of Vehicles

Content

Energy Consumption of Vehicles

Materials

Textbook:
Markku Ikonen: Drive Economically - The Influence of Vehicle, Driver and Driving Conditions on Fuel Consumption

Teaching methods

Start lectures, self-study based on an on-line textbook, completing home assignments, final lectures.

Exam schedules

No final exam, only homework assignments

International connections

Activating students to self-willed data collection and utilization. Minimizing vehicle energy consumption belongs to sustainable development if anything.

Completion alternatives

None

Student workload

Reflection tasks and mathematical problems as homework.
Lecturing: 8 hours
Self-study: 127 hours
Total: 135 hours

Content scheduling

Factors influencing vehicle energy consumption and determination of consumption by mathematical methods.

Further information

e-mail

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Validity and quality level of home assignments.

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

Level of answers to home assignment problems does not fulfill the requirements

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

The course is assessed by the scale Pass - Fail