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PAPERBACK list:$56.50 Web:$50.85 add to cart PDF BOOK your price: $43.50 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free Resources PDF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles State and Federal Standards for Mobile-Source Emissions Effectiveness and Impact of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards Other Related Titles Automotive Fuel Economy: How Far Can We Go? (1992) Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (CETS) Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Page 255   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. INDEX Page 255 FRONT MATTER (R1-R19) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (1-11) 1 INTRODUCTION (12-29) 2 FUEL USE IN AUTOMIBILES AND LIGHT TRUCKS (30-46) 3 SAFETY IMPLICATIONS OF FUEL ECONOMY MEASURES (47-68) 4 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES (69-89) 5 IMPACTS ON THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY (90-106) 6 THE AUTOMOBILE, FUEL ECONOMY, AND THE CONSUMER (107-121) 7 FUEL ECONOMY PROJECTIONS (122-148) 8 ACHIEVABLE FUEL ECONOMY LEVELS (149-167) 9 POLICIES FOR IMPROVING FUEL ECONOMY (168-190) APPENDIXES (191-254) INDEX (255-259)

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Automotive Fuel Economy: How Far Should We Go? INDEX A Active noise control, 44 Air/fuel ratio, 34, 69, 76 Air Quality Act of 1967, 71 Antilock brakes, 58, 59 Automobile consumers, 9-10, 107-120 age and buying preferences, 116-117, 119-120 and fuel economy, 9-10, 27, 111-112, 117-119, 120, 156-159, 170 and fuel prices, 119, 120 and future price increases, 110-111 demand for optional equipment/performance, 110, 117-118, 119 fuel economy/fuel price trade offs, 112-114, 118 mix of automotive purchases, 9, 114 new-car expenditures, 107-111 Automotive industry (U.S.), 8-9, 26, 90-105 capacity for investment, 9, 100-102 employment in, 8, 94-97, 105 financial performance, 91-93, 104 impact of competition, 8, 91-92, 93-102, 105 impact of emissions standards, 94 (note 7), 100, 104 impact of fuel economy standards, 90, 91, 100-102, 159-162 impact of international fuel prices, 103, 105 Japanese transplants, 91, 96-97 plant closings, 94, 95 product development, U.S. vs. Japanese, 98-100, 102, 105 Automotive market, 107-111 new-car expenditures, 107, 109 sales and scrappage, 107-108, 110 Auto/Oil Air Quality Improvement Research Program, 80, 81 C Car sales by size class, 18, 22 Catalyst systems heated, 79 NOx, 43, 75, 77-78, 85 three-way, 43, 70, 75, 76-77 Charge to the committee, 1 Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), 71 Clean Air Act amendments, 69, 71, 72-75 Concept vehicles, 45, 222-225 see also, prototype vehicles Corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) system alternatives/supplements to, 10-11, 173-180, 185-186, 187 fees and rebates, 11, 179-180, 186 increased fuel prices, 11, 173-178, 186 current system, 12, 168-173, 183 (note 28) strengths, 172-173 weaknesses, 10, 169-172, 186 percentage improvement approach, 10, 181, 187 potential modifications to, 11, 180-185, 186-187 vehicle attribute approach, 181-182 D Diesel engine 33, 219-221 Downsizing/downweighting, 39, 62, 63 estimates of safety impact, 5-6, 51-55, 62, 63 GAO study, 54-55 need for further study, 63 NHTSA study, 53 OTA study, 55 E Emissions, 26 data on, 71, 78, 82 health effects, 70, 85 impact on global warming, 70 nature of, 69-72 Emissions control, 7-8, 71-85 costs, 159 during refueling, 70, 80, 85 hydrocarbons, 79 impact on fuel economy, 7-8, 75-82, 105, 164 indirect impacts, 84 meeting future standards, 7-8, 82-83, 84-85 NOx, 76-79 on-board fuel recovery, 70, 80 standards, 72-75, 76 stationary sources, 78, 82 surveillance, 83, 85 Energy and Environmental Analysis, Inc. (EEA) fuel economy projections, 123, 124, 145, 154, 232 fuel economy technologies, 40, 137-139, 196, 197, 200-214

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Automotive Fuel Economy: How Far Should We Go? Energy Policy and Conservation Act, 12 Exhaust gas recirculation (EGR), 44, 77 Externalities, 25, 118 F Fatal Accident Reporting System (FARS), 54 (note 7), 55-56 Fatality rates, 47 by crash type, 50 trends in, 47, 62 Fatality risk, 56 and crash severity, 49-50 and design compatibility, 51, 59 and ride-down distances, 50 and rollover stability, 5-6, 48-49, 58, 59, 62 Federal Test Procedure (FTP), 30 highway cycle, 37 operating conditions, 31, 37 urban cycle, 37 Fuel chemical energy in, 31, 32, 35, 36 consumption, 22, 163 prices, 17, 112-114, 173-178 cost-benefits of reduced consumption, 23-25 Fuel economy and emissions control, 7-8, 75-82, 84-85 and safety standards, 59, 63 determinants, 32-40 Japanese interest in, 90 technologies, 3-5, 7, 40-45 emerging 3-5, 43-45 proven, 3-5, 40-43 trends, 13-22 U.S. vs. Japanese cars, 90 Fuel economy estimates caveats, 2, 149-150, 164-165 practically achievable, 1, 154-165 cost-benefit consideration, 154-156, 157 costs-benefits for consumers, 156-159 costs-benefits for manufacturers, 159-162 costs-benefits for nation, 163 technically achievable, 1-3, 150-154 Fuel economy projections, 122-146 committee projections, 126-144, 146 alternative methods, 125, 146 assumptions, 125-126 best-in-class projections, 131-135, 146 caveats, 144, 145 historical trend projections, 126-131 Fuel economy projections committee projections (continued) technology-penetration projections (shopping cart), 133-144, 146 costs involved, 138, 139-144 previous efforts, 122-125 G Greenhouses gases, 70, 71 carbon dioxide emissions 24, 104, 156, 163 L Lean-burn engines, 43, 217-221 Light trucks sales by size class, 22 standards for, 57-58, 183 M Mix shifting, 154, 171, 177 and safety, 48, 51, 57 Model year, defined, 12 (note 4) Multipoint fuel injection, 39, 42 N National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 53, 58 and light trucks, 59 and rollover stability, 59 New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), 58 (note 16) P Performance and fuel economy, 37 passenger cars, 20 Policy coordination and analysis, 8, 165-166 data collection to support, 5 Prototype vehicles, 45, 222-225 see also, concept vehicles S Safety, 5-7, 26, 47-63 and fuel economy, 5-7, 59, 60-61, 62, 63, 163 and shift to light trucks, 55, 57-58 and societal values, 7, 61-62, 63 cost of future safety standards, 159 data issues, 55-56 improvements, 7, 58-61, 63 individual vs. societal risk, 56-57, 227-231 standards, 58, 59 see also, downsizing/downweighting, fatality rates, fatality risks Size class definition, 18 (note 9)

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Automotive Fuel Economy: How Far Should We Go? SRI International fuel economy projections, 123, 124, 234 fuel economy technologies, 40, 137-139, 196, 197, 200-214 T Technology forecasting, 26 Time frame of study, 2, 9 Turbo/supercharging, 38 Two-stroke engines, 7, 44, 221-222 V VTEC engine, 38, 205-206, 219

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