Review of the U.S. Department of Energy's Heavy Vehicle Technologies Program / Committee on Review of DOE's Office of Heavy Vehicle Technologies, Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Review of DOE's Office of Heavy Vehicle Technologies.

Series:

Compass series (Washington, D.C.)

The compass series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Energy. Heavy Vehicle Technologies Program.

United States.

Trucks--Fuel consumption--Research--United States--Evaluation.

Trucks.

Tractor trailer combinations--Fuel consumption--Research--United States--Evaluation.

Tractor trailer combinations.

Commercial vehicles--Fuel consumption--Research--United States--Evaluation.

Commercial vehicles.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (56 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As national priorities have been focused both on reducing fuel consumption and improving air quality, attention has increased on reducing emissions from many types of vehicles, including light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty diesel-powered vehicles. Meeting the recently promulgated (and proposed) emission standards and simultaneously increasing fuel economy will pose especially difficult challenges for diesel-powered vehicles and will require the development of new emission-reduction technologies. In response to a request from the director of OHVT, the National Research Council formed the Committee on Review of DOE's Office of Heavy Vehicle Technologies to conduct a broad, independent review of its research and development (R&D) activities.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Tables and Figures""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Program Assessments""; ""3 Overall Findings and Recommendations""; ""Appendix A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""; ""Appendix B Presentations and Committee Activities""; ""Appendix C Funding for Research and Development on Combustion and After-treatment Technologies""; ""Appendix D Funding for Materials Research and Development Projects""; ""Acronyms and Abbreviations""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780309183802

0309183804

9780309513265

030951326X

OCLC:

923256763