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UNINA9910826409503321 |
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Titolo |
Review of the 21st Century Truck Partnership / / Committee to Review the 21st Century Truck Partnership, Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies |
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Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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0-309-17826-6 |
1-281-80037-6 |
9786611800376 |
0-309-12209-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (131 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Trucks - Energy consumption - United States |
Trucks - Environmental aspects - United States |
Trucks - Fuel consumption |
Trucks - Pollution control devices |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""SUMMARY""; ""1 ORGANIZATION AND BACKGROUND""; ""2 MANAGEMENT STRATEGY AND PRIORITY SETTING""; ""3 ENGINE SYSTEMS AND FUELS""; ""4 HEAVY-DUTY HYBRID VEHICLES""; ""5 PARASITIC LOSSES OF ENERGY""; ""6 ENGINE IDLE REDUCTION""; ""7 SAFETY OF HEAVY VEHICLES""; ""A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""; ""B Presentations and Committee Meetings""; ""C R&D Funding Trends of the FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies Program""; ""D Vehicle Emission Regulations""; ""E Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""F State of the Art in Light-Duty Electric Vehicles"" |
""G Members of the 21st Century Truck Partnership"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The 21st Century Truck Partnership (21CTP), a cooperative research and development partnership formed by four federal agencies with 15 industrial partners, was launched in the year 2000 with high hopes that it would dramatically advance the technologies used in trucks and buses, yielding a cleaner, safer, more efficient generation of vehicles. |
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