Reducing the fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions of medium-and heavy-duty vehicles, phase two : first report / National Research Council (U.S.).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.), author.

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fossil fuels--Environmental aspects.

Fossil fuels.

Greenhouse gas mitigation--Standards.

Greenhouse gas mitigation.

Trucks--Fuel consumption--Standards.

Trucks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (116 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : National Academies Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Medium- and heavy-duty trucks, motor coaches, and transit buses - collectively, "medium- and heavy-duty vehicles", or MHDVs - are used in every sector of the economy. The fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions of MHDVs have become a focus of legislative and regulatory action in the past few years. Reducing the Fuel Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles, Phase Two is a follow-on to the National Research Council's 2010 report, Technologies and Approaches to Reducing the Fuel Consumption of Medium-and Heavy-Duty Vehicles. That report provided a series of findings and recommendations on the development of regulations for reducing fuel consumption of MHDVs. This report comprises the first periodic, five-year follow-on to the 2010 report. Reducing the Fuel Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles, Phase Two reviews NHTSA fuel consumption regulations and considers the technological, market and regulatory factors that may be of relevance to a revised and updated regulatory regime taking effect for model years 2019-2022. The report analyzes and provides options for improvements to the certification and compliance procedures for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; reviews an updated analysis of the makeup and characterization of the medium- and heavy-duty truck fleet; examines the barriers to and the potential applications of natural gas in class 2b through class 8 vehicles; and addresses uncertainties and performs sensitivity analyses for the fuel consumption and cost/benefit estimates."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Potential for Technological Change in Commercial Vehicles to Impact Future NHTSA Regulations""; ""3 Certification and Compliance Procedures Using GEM""; ""4 Baseline Information on MHDV Fleet and Methodology for Collection""; ""5 Natural Gas Vehicles: Impacts and Regulatory Framework(""; ""6 Review of Options to Reduce Energy Use of Trailers""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Committee Biographical Information""; ""Appendix B: Statement of Task""; ""Appendix C: Committee Activities""

""Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations""""Appendix E: Glossary""

Notes:

"Committee on Assessment of Technologies and Approaches for Reducing the Fuel Consumption of Mediumand Heavy-Duty Vehicles, Phase Two Board on Energy and Environmental Systems Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences Transportation Research Board"--Cover.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 18, 2014).

ISBN:

0-309-30240-4

0-309-30238-2

OCLC:

923291488