System, method and computer program for simulating vehicle energy use

A system for simulating energy use of one or more vehicles under consideration, the system characterized by:

• (a) a network accessible server;
• (b) an energy modeling tool linked to the server by means of the network, the energy modeling tool operable to generate energy consumption data that provides an energy consumption function of a vehicle under consideration;
• (c) a data logging tool associated with one or more test vehicles for collecting one or more sets of drive cycle data based on real-world driving conditions, the data logging tool operable to communicate the drive cycle data to the server over the network;
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• (d) a fleet management tool linked to the server for combining the energy consumption data with the drive cycle data to estimate the energy use of the one or more vehicles under consideration.