An energy management system is provided for use with one of a plurality of
hybrid energy diesel electric vehicles. The energy management system
includes a position identification device to provide position information
of one the plurality of vehicles at incremental positions along one of a
plurality of routes. More particularly, the energy management system
includes a database to store historical data of a traction and/or
auxiliary energy demand for each vehicle at incremental positions along
each route, and an energy management processor coupled to the position
identification device and the database. The energy management system
retrieves historical data of each vehicle at incremental positions along
each route to estimate an anticipated traction and/or auxiliary energy
demand of the one of a plurality of vehicle at each incremental position
along one of a plurality of routes.