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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456773903321

Titolo

Assessment of fuel economy technologies for light-duty vehicles [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-15172-3

9786613151728

0-309-15608-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Disciplina

629.253

Soggetti

Automobiles - Fuel consumption - Research - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""DEDICATION-Dr. Patrick Flynn""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Fundamentals of Fuel Consumption""; ""3 Cost Estimation""; ""4 Spark-Ignition Gasoline Engines""; ""5 Compression-Ignition Diesel Engines""; ""6 Hybrid Power Trains""; ""7 Non-Engine Technologies""; ""8 Modeling Improvements in Vehicle Fuel Consumption""; ""9 Application of Vehicle Technologies to Vehicle Classes""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Committee Biographies""; ""Appendix B: Statement of Task""; ""Appendix C: List of Presentations at Public Committee Meetings""

""Appendix D: Select Acronyms""""Appendix E: Comparison of Fuel Consumption and Fuel Economy""; ""Appendix F: Review of Estimate of Retail Price Equivalent Markup Factors""; ""Appendix G: Compression-Ignition Engine Replacement for Full-Size Pickup/SUV""; ""Appendix H:Other NRC Assessments of Benefits, Costs, and Readiness of Fuel Economy Technologies""; ""Appendix I: Results of Other Major Studies""; ""Appendix J: Probabilities in Estimation of Fuel Consumption Benefits and Costs""; ""Appendix K: Model Description and Results for the EEA-ICF Model""