Appendix B
Committee Meetings and Activities
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Committee Meeting, August 28–31, 1995, Dearborn, Michigan
The following presentations were made to the committee by members of the PNGV:
Scope of the Peer Review—Mary Good, John McTague
Review PNGV Response to First Study with USCAR and U.S. Government Executives—Rob Chapman, Bob Mull
Overall PNGV Program Status Against Detailed Schedules and Specific Objectives—Ron York
PNGV Resource Requirements and Sources—Peter Rosenfeld, Pandit Patil
Systems Analysis
PNGV Decision Process—Owen Viergutz
Vehicle Engineering—Klaus Winkelmann
Systems Analysis—Mutasim Salman, Harvey Bloomfield
Review of PNGV Materials Issues, Selection Criteria, and Projected Resources—John Fillion
Powertrains
4-Stroke Direct Injection Engines—David Foulkes
Fuel Cells—Chris Borroni-Bird
Gas Turbines—Jerry Skellenger
Chemical Batteries and Ultracapacitors—Harold Haskins
Flywheel—Cyrus Ashtiani, Don Bender
Hybrid Electric Vehicle Propulsion Programs—Brad Bates
Review of Active Third-Party Support to PNGV Program—Peter Rosenfeld
PNGV Infrastructure Issues—Bob Mull, Larry Johnson
PNGV Barriers
Major Barriers to Success in Terms of Technology, Vehicle Cost, Schedules, and Resources—Ron York
Identify Government Agencies with Minimal Support to PNGV Who Have More to Contribute—Rob Chapman
The committee also received a demonstration of the PNGV Home Page on the World Wide Web and was provided with written status reports by the PNGV on activities relating to Goals 1 and 2.
On August 27, 1995, selected members of the committee and NRC staff received an overview of the PNGV program from representatives of USCAR and the U.S. government.
A review of Ford Concept Vehicle activities was provided to the full committee by Chuck Risch of Ford Motor Company on August 29, 1995.
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Committee Meeting, October 30–November 2, 1995, Washington, D.C.
The following presentations from representatives of industry and the government, including the national laboratories, were made to the committee:
Update on FY 1996 Budget and Impact of Budget Changes on the PNGV Program—Rob Chapman and Pandit Patil, PNGV
Materials Technology
Update on PNGV Technical Roadmap—Materials and Structures, Andy Sherman, PNGV
Steel—Darryl Martin, American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI)
Aluminum—Mike Wheeler, Aluminum Association
Polymer Matrix Composites—Elio Eusebi, PNGV
Composite Vehicle Manufacturing—Bill Mellian, Owens Corning
Why Carbon Fibers?—Mike Michno, Amoco
Powertrains—Additional Development Activities
Reduction of Nitrogen Oxide Emission for Lean Burn Engine Technology —Stephen Lott, Sandia National Laboratories, and Bob Hammerle, PNGV
Fuel Additives and Formulations for NOx Control in Direct Injection Diesel Engines—Ronald Graves, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Advanced Diesel Engine Technologies—John Clarke, Caterpillar, Inc.
Major PNGV Barriers and Achievements—John Crawford, Sandia National Laboratory, and Chris Sloane, USCAR
Foreign Automotive Technology Development: Electric and Hybrid Vehicles —Keith Hardy, TASC Automotive
Moving the Nation with Advanced Transportation—Tom Gross, U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Technology Study on Advanced Vehicle Technologies (“Advanced Automotive Technology: Visions of a Super-Efficient Family Car”)—Greg Eyring, Office of Technology Assessment
Hydrogen-Powered Vehicle Development at BMW—Joachim Tachtler, BMW, Germany
Light Duty Engine Technologies—Ralph McGill, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) Systems—N. Liebrand, Van Doorne's Transmissie b.v., The Netherlands
Better Automatic Transmissions for Vehicles—James Dancey, Automotive Branch, Industry Canada
In addition, a subgroup of the committee and selected members of the PNGV participated in a discussion session on October 31, 1995, on PNGV powertrain development and systems analysis activities.
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Selected Members of the Committee and NRC Staff Made the Following Site Visits or Attended the Following Symposia:
Visit to Chrysler Liberty Program Center and Vehicle Engineering Center, Madison Heights, Michigan, August 31, 1995
PNGV Symposium, “Energy Storage for the Next Generation Vehicle,” September 12–13, 1995, Washington, D.C.
Visit to General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Michigan, October 9, 1995
Visit to Ford Advanced Technology Exhibition, Dearborn, Michigan, October 10, 1995
Automotive Technology Development Contractors' Coordination Meeting, Dearborn, Michigan, October 23–27, 1995
In the course of deliberations and data-gathering activities, the committee split into several subgroups as listed on pages iii and iv.
