Reducing the fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions of medium-and heavy-duty vehicles, phase two : first report /

"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 i...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Assessment of Technologies and Approaches for Reducing the Fuel Consumption of Medium- and Heavy-duty Vehicles, Phase Two (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, District of Columbia : National Academies Press, [2014]
Temas:
Fossil fuels > Environmental aspects.
Greenhouse gas mitigation > Standards.
Trucks > Fuel consumption > Standards.
Combustibles fossiles > Aspect de l'environnement.
Gaz à effet de serre > Réduction > Normes.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Fossil fuels > Environmental aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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