ABSTRACT
This chapter provides the principal objective to use the opportunity afforded by V2X to develop effective techniques to use Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) to regulate the pollution level in urban areas. It describes an attractive method to regulate pollution without overly inconveniencing a vehicle owner. The vehicle only uses as much electric power as is necessary to keep the aggregate pollution level below a certain threshold. More refined versions of this basic idea can be used to specifically protect cyclists and to protect pedestrians. They may even have unintended consequences for the city. Forcing vehicles away from a certain zone may lead to congestion elsewhere or even a higher total amount of emissions in the whole city. In principle a practical application of a cooperative pollution control program would rely upon emissions measurements in a road network. Due to safety reasons, the module works in a read-only mode as controller area network (CAN) networks are very sensitive to adaptations.
