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Acronyms and Abbreviations
ac alternating current
ACC Advanced Composites Consortium
AEMD automotive electric motor drive
AIPM automotive integrated power module
AISI American Iron and Steel Institute
Al MCC aluminum metal matrix composite
ANL Argonne National Laboratory
APBF-DEC Advanced Petroleum-Based Fuel-Diesel Emission Control
ASM American Society of Metals
AVFL Advanced Vehicle, Fuel, Lubricant [Committee]
BIW body-in-white
BNL Brookhaven National Laboratory
BTU British thermal unit
CAD computer-aided design
CAFE corporate average fuel economy
CARB California Air Resources Board
CFRP carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer
CIDI compression-ignition direct-injection
CO carbon monoxide
CO2 carbon dioxide
CRADA cooperative research and development agreement
CRC Coordinating Research Council
CRT continually regenerating trap
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dc direct current
DECSE Diesel Emission Control Sulfur Effects
DIATA direct-injection, aluminum, through-bolt assembly
DME dimethyl ether
DMM dimethoxymethane
DOE U.S. Department of Energy
EE Tech Team Electrical and Electronics Systems Technical Team
EES electrochemical energy storage
EGR exhaust-gas recirculation
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
EPRI Electric Power Research Institute
ESD Engineering Society of Detroit
EUCAR European Council for Automotive Research and Development
FEA finite element analysis
FMVSS Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
FRP fiber-reinforced polymer
FT Fischer-Tropsch
FTP Federal Test Procedure
GFRP glass-fiber-reinforced polymer
GM General Motors Corporation
HC hydrocarbon
HCCI homogeneous charge compression ignition
HEV hybrid-electric vehicle
HHV higher heating value
ICE internal combustion engine
IFC International Fuel Cells
IGBT insulated gate bipolar transistor
IIHS Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
IMA integrated motor assist
kWe kilowatt electric
LANL Los Alamos National Laboratory
LEV low-emission vehicle
LHV lower heating value
Li-ion lithium ion
LIMBT lightweight injection-molded glass-fiber-reinforced plastic body technology
LIP lithium ion polymer
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LSHC low-sulfur low-aromatics high-cetane petroleum-based diesel
MMC metal matrix composite
mpg miles per gallon
MTBE methyl tertiary-butyl ether
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NiMH nickel metal hydride
NO x nitrogen oxides
NREL National Renewable Energy Laboratory
NSF National Science Foundation
OAAT Office of Advanced Automotive Technologies
ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory
PAH polyaromatic hydrocarbon
PEM proton exchange membrane
PM particulate matter
PNGV Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles
PNNL Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
POX partial oxidation
ppm parts per million
PSAT PNGV Systems Analysis Tool
R&D research and development
SAE Society of Automotive Engineers
SBIR small business innovation research program
SCR selective catalytic reduction
SNL Sandia National Laboratories
SO2 sulfur dioxide
SPCO Silicon Power Corporation
SUV sport utility vehicle
TACOM U.S. Army Tank Automotive Command
ULEV ultralow emission vehicle
ULSAB ultralight steel auto body
ULSAB-AVC Ultralight Steel Auto Body-Advanced Vehicle Concepts
USABC United States Advanced Battery Consortium
USCAR United States Council for Automotive Research
4SDI four-stroke direct-injection