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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779135003321

Titolo

Review of the 21st Century Truck Partnership, second report [[electronic resource] /] / Committee to Review the 21st Century Truck Partnership, Phase 2, Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2012

ISBN

1-280-88022-8

9786613721532

0-309-22248-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Disciplina

388.324

Soggetti

Trucks - Environmental aspects - United States

Trucks - Energy consumption - United States

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""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Figures and Tables""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction and Background""; ""2 Management Strategy and Priority Setting""; ""3 Engine Systems and Fuels""; ""4 Medium- and Heavy-Duty Hybrid Vehicles""; ""5 Vehicle Power Demands""; ""6 Engine Idle Reduction""; ""7 Safety""; ""8 Super Truck Program""; ""9 Efficient Operations""; ""Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""; ""Appendix B: Presentations and Committee Meetings""

""Appendix C: Responses from the 21st Century Truck Partnership to the Findings and Recommendations from the National Research Council Phase 1 Review""""Appendix D: Highlights of Selected Propulsion Material Programs""; ""Appendix E: Available Models of Medium- to Heavy-Duty Hybrid and Electric Trucks""; ""Appendix F: Proposed Mechanism for Obtaining Hybrid Vehicle Credits""; ""Appendix G: History of Heavy-Duty Truck Aerodynamic and Tire Rolling Resistance Coefficients""; ""Appendix H: Bibliography for Long Combinations Vehicles in Canada, the United States, and Australia""



""Appendix I: Acronyms and Abbreviations""