Research Catalog

Title

Reducing the fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. Phase two, first report / Committee on Assessment of Technologies and Approaches for Reducing the Fuel Consumption of Medium- and Heavy-duty Vehicles, Phase Two, Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Publication

• Washington, D.C. : The National Academies Press, [2014]
• ©2014

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• National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, issuing body. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/isb
• National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board, issuing body. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/isb

Description

xiii, 102 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps; 28 cm

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.

Subject

• Trucks > Standards > United States
• Buses > Standards > United States
• Greenhouse gas mitigation > Standards > United States
• Fossil fuels > Environmental aspects > United States

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available online.

Contents

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

ISBN

• 9780309302371
• 0309302374

OCLC

• ocn893899127
• 893899127
• SCSB-5773059

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Columbia University Libraries