Review of the Research Program of the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles : seventh report / Standing Committee to Review the Research Program of the Partnership for a New generation of Vehicles ; Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Standing Committee to Review the Research Program of the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles (U.S.).

Motor vehicles--Research--United States.

Motor vehicles.

Automobiles--Energy consumption--Research--United States.

Automobiles.

Automobile industry and trade--Government policy--United States.

Automobile industry and trade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (133 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the most recent report of the National Research Council's Standing Committee to Review the Research Program of the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles (PNGV) , which has conducted annual reviews of the PNGV program since it was established in late 1993. The PNGV is a cooperative R&D program between the federal government and the United States Council for Automotive Research (USCAR, whose members are DaimlerChrysler, Ford Motor Company, and General Motors) to develop technologies for a new generation of automobiles with up to three times the fuel economy of a 1993 midsize automobile. The reports review major technology development areas (four-stroke direct-injection engines, fuel cells, energy storage, electronic/electrical systems, and structural materials); the overall adequacy of R&D efforts; the systems analysis effort and how it guides decisions on R&D; the progress toward long-range component and system-level cost and performance goals; and efforts in vehicle emissions and advanced materials research and how results target goals. Unlike previous reports, the Seventh Report comments on the goals of the program, since the automotive market and U.S. emission standards have changed significantly since the program was initiated.

Contents:

Front Matter

Acknowledgments

Contents

Tables and Figures

Executive Summary

1 Introduction

2 Development of Vehicle Subsystems

3 Vehicle Engineering Developments

4 Program Overview

5 PNGV's Response to the Sixth Report

References

Appendix A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members

APPENDIX B The PNGV Response to Recommendations in the Sixth Report

Appendix C Presentations and Committee Activities

Appendix D United States Council for Automotive Research Consortia

Acronyms and Abbreviations.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 86-89).

ISBN:

9780309170529

0309170524

9780309510615

0309510619

OCLC:

70723687