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Review of the 21st Century Truck Partnership

Title
Review of the 21st Century Truck Partnership / Committee to Review the 21st Century Truck Partnership, Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies.
Publication
Washington, DC : National Academies Press, ©2008.

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National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Review the 21st Century Truck Partnership.
Description
xii, 118 pages : illustrations; 28 cm
Summary
The 21st Century Truck Partnership (21CTP), a cooperative research and development partnership formed by four federal agencies with 15 industrial partners, was launched in the year 2000 with high hopes that it would dramatically advance the technologies used in trucks and buses, yielding a cleaner, safer, more efficient generation of vehicles. Key recommendations of the book include that the 21CTP should be continued, but the future program should be revised and better balanced. A clearer goal setting strategy should be developed, and the goals should be clearly stated in measurable engineering terms and reviewed periodically so as to be based on the available funds.
Subject
  • Trucks > Environmental aspects > United States
  • Trucks > Energy consumption > United States
  • Trucks > Fuel consumption
  • Trucks > Pollution control devices
  • Trucks > Energy consumption
  • Trucks > Environmental aspects
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Organization and background -- Management strategy and priority setting -- Engine systems and fuels -- Heavy-duty hybrid vehicles -- Parasitic losses of energy -- Engine idle reduction -- Safety of heavy vehicles.
ISBN
  • 9780309122085
  • 0309122082
LCCN
2009277163
OCLC
  • ocn234146577
  • 234146577
  • SCSB-9216875
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library