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Transitions to Alternative Transportation Technologies--A Focus on Hydrogen (2008)
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Transitions to Alternative Transportation Technologies — A Focus on Hydrogen

Appendix D
Acronyms and Abbreviations

ABE acetone-butanol-ethanol

AEO Annual Energy Outlook

AER all-electric range

Cd coefficient of drag

CAFE corporate average fuel economy

CCS carbon capture and sequestration

CO carbon monoxide

CO2 carbon dioxide

CRP Conservation Reserve Program

CVA camless valve actuation

CVT continuously variable transmission

DME dimethyl ether

DNGR distributed natural gas reforming

DOE U.S. Department of Energy

DSMR distributed steam methane reforming

DWE distributed water electrolysis

EEG Renewable Energy Resources Act (Germany)

EIA Energy Information Administration

EISA Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007

EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

EPACT Energy Policy Act of 2005

EV electric vehicle

FC fuel cell

FCFP FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership

FCV fuel cell vehicle

GDI gasoline direct injection

GHG greenhouse gas

GIS geographic information system

GW gigawatt

HCCI homogeneous-charge compression ignition

HEV hybrid electric vehicle

HFC hydrofluorocarbon

HFCV hydrogen fuel cell vehicle

HICEV hydrogen-powered ICEV

ICE internal combustion engine

ICEV internal combustion engine vehicle

IEA International Energy Agency

IGCC integrated gasification-combined cycle

IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

ISO International Organization for Standardization

kWh kilowatt-hour

LCC life-cycle cost

LDV light-duty vehicle

LNG liquefied natural gas

MCFC molten carbonate fuel cell

MEA membrane electrode assembly

mpg miles per gallon

mpgge miles per gallon of gasoline equivalent

MPR maximum practicable rate of penetration

MTG methanol to gasoline

NEMS National Energy Modeling System

NOx nitrogen oxides

NRC National Research Council

OEM original equipment manufacturer

PEM proton exchange membrane

PFC perfluorocarbon

PHEV plug-in hybrid electric vehicle

ppm parts per million

PTC production tax credit

PUC public utility commission

PV photovoltaic

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Transitions to Alternative Transportation Technologies — A Focus on Hydrogen R&D research and development RD&D research, development, and demonstration RPS renewable portfolio standard SAE Society of Automotive Engineers (now SAE International) SMR steam methane reformer SO2 sulfur dioxide SOFC solid oxide fuel cell SUV sport utility vehicle USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture VEETC Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit VMT vehicle-miles traveled VVT variable valve timing WTW well to wheel ZEV zero emissions vehicle