Cost, Effectiveness and Deployment of Fuel Economy Technologies for Light-Duty Vehicles
Synopsis
The light-duty vehicle fleet is expected to undergo substantial technological changes over the next several decades. New powertrain designs, alternative fuels, advanced materials and significant changes to the vehicle body are being driven by increasingly stringent fuel economy and greenhouse gas emission standards. By the end of the next decade, cars and light-duty trucks will be more fuel efficient, weigh less, emit less air pollutants, have more safety features, and will be more expensive to purchase relative to current vehicles. Though the gasoline-powered spark ignition engine will continue to be the dominant powertrain configuration even through 2030, such vehicles will be equipped with advanced technologies, materials, electronics and controls, and aerodynamics. And by 2030, the deployment of alternative methods to propel and fuel vehicles and alternative modes of transportation, including autonomous vehicles, will be well underway. What are these new technologies - how will they work, and will some technologies be more effective than others?
- Copyright:
- 2015 the National Academy of Sciences
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- ISBN-13:
- 9780309373883
- Publisher:
- The National Academies Press
- Date of Addition:
- 2016-04-14T19:53:37Z
- Language:
- English
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- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.