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Assessment of fuel economy technologies for light-duty vehicles

Title
Assessment of fuel economy technologies for light-duty vehicles [electronic resource] / Committee on the Assessment of Technologies for Improving Light-Duty Vehicle Fuel Economy, Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies.
ISBN
9780309156080 (electronic bk.)
0309156084 (electronic bk.)
0309156076
9780309156073
1283151723
9781283151726
Published
Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2011.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 217 p.) : ill.
Notes
Description based on print version record.
Summary
Various combinations of commercially available technologies could greatly reduce fuel consumption in passenger cars, sport-utility vehicles, minivans, and other light-duty vehicles without compromising vehicle performance or safety. Assessment of Technologies for Improving Light Duty Vehicle Fuel Economy estimates the potential fuel savings and costs to consumers of available technology combinations for three types of engines: spark-ignition gasoline, compression-ignition diesel, and hybrid. According to its estimates, adopting the full combination of improved technologies in medium and large cars and pickup trucks with spark-ignition engines could reduce fuel consumption by 29 percent at an additional cost of $2,200 to the consumer. Replacing spark-ignition engines with diesel engines and components would yield fuel savings of about 37 percent at an added cost of approximately $5,900 per vehicle, and replacing spark-ignition engines with hybrid engines and components would reduce fuel consumption by 43 percent at an increase of $6,000 per vehicle. The book focuses on fuel consumption--the amount of fuel consumed in a given driving distance--because energy savings are directly related to the amount of fuel used. In contrast, fuel economy measures how far a vehicle will travel with a gallon of fuel. Because fuel consumption data indicate money saved on fuel purchases and reductions in carbon dioxide emissions, the book finds that vehicle stickers should provide consumers with fuel consumption data in addition to fuel economy information.
Variant and related titles
National Academies Press.
Assessment of technologies for improving light duty fuel economy.
Other formats
Print version: National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on Assignment of Technologies for Improving Light-Duty Vehicle Fuel Economy. Assessment of technologies for improving light duty fuel economy. Washington, DC : The National Academies Press, 2011
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 23, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction
Fundamentals of Fuel Consumption
Cost Estimation
Spark-Ignition Gasoline Engines
Compression-Ignition Diesel Engines
Hybrid Power Trains
Non-Engine Technologies
Modeling Improvements in Vehicle Fuel Consumption
Application of Vehicle Technologies to Vehicle Classes
Appx. A Committee Biographies
Appx. B Statement of Task
Appx. C List of Presentations at Public Committee Meetings
Appx. D Select Acronyms
Appx. E Comparison of Fuel Consumption and Fuel Economy
Appx. F Review of Estimate of Retail Price Equivalent Markup Factors
Appx. G Compression-Ignition Engine Replacement for Full-Size Pickup/SUV
Appx. H:Other NRC Assessments of Benefits, Costs, and Readiness of Fuel Economy Technologies
Appx. I Results of Other Major Studies
Appx. J Probabilities in Estimation of Fuel Consumption Benefits and Costs
Appx. K Model Description and Results for the EEA-ICF Model.
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