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1 online resource (xiii, 102 pages) : illustrations, color maps |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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"Committee on Assessment of Technologies and Approaches for Reducing the Fuel Consumption of Mediumand Heavy-Duty Vehicles, Phase Two Board on Energy and Environmental Systems Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences Transportation Research Board"--Cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Potential for technological change in commercial vehicles to impact future NHTSA regulations -- Certification and compliance procedures using GEM -- Baseline information on MHDV fleet and methodology for collection -- Natural gas vehicles : impacts and regulatory framework -- Review of options to reduce energy use of trailers -- appendix A. Committee biographical information -- appendix B. Statement of task -- appendix C. Committee activities -- appendix D. Acronyms and abbreviations -- appendix E. Glossary. |
| Summary |
"Medium- and heavy-duty trucks, motor coaches, and transit buses - collectively, "medium- and heavy-duty vehicles", or MHDVs - are used in every sector of the economy. The fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions of MHDVs have become a focus of legislative and regulatory action in the past few years. Reducing the Fuel Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles, Phase Two is a follow-on to the National Research Council's 2010 report, Technologies and Approaches to Reducing the Fuel Consumption of Medium-and Heavy-Duty Vehicles. That report provided a series of findings and recommendations on the development of regulations for reducing fuel consumption of MHDVs. This report comprises the first periodic, five-year follow-on to the 2010 report. Reducing the Fuel Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles, Phase Two reviews NHTSA fuel consumption regulations and considers the technological, market and regulatory factors that may be of relevance to a revised and updated regulatory regime taking effect for model years 2019-2022. The report analyzes and provides options for improvements to the certification and compliance procedures for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; reviews an updated analysis of the makeup and characterization of the medium- and heavy-duty truck fleet; examines the barriers to and the potential applications of natural gas in class 2b through class 8 vehicles; and addresses uncertainties and performs sensitivity analyses for the fuel consumption and cost/benefit estimates."--Publisher's description. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Fossil fuels -- Environmental aspects.
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Fossil fuels -- Environmental aspects. |
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Fossil fuels. |
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Greenhouse gas mitigation -- Standards.
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Greenhouse gas mitigation. |
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Trucks -- Fuel consumption -- Standards.
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Trucks -- Fuel consumption. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: National Research Council (U.S.). Reducing the fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions of medium-and heavy-duty vehicles, phase two : first report. Washington, District of Columbia : National Academies Press, ©2014 xiii, 102 pages 9780309302371 |
| ISBN |
9780309302388 (electronic book) |
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0309302382 (electronic book) |
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9780309302371 (paperback) |
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0309302374 (paperback) |
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