Advanced Automotive Technology: Visions of a Super-Efficient Family Car

Advanced Automotive Technology: Visions of a Super-Efficient Family Car September 1995 OTA-ETI- GPO stock #052-003-01440- ...

Foreword T his report presents the results of the Office of Technology Assessment’s analysis of the prospects for developing aut ...

Advisory Panel Don Kash Chairperson Professor of Public Policy George Mason University Steve Barnett Principal Global Business N ...

Daniel Roos Director Center for Technology, Policy and Industrial Development Massachusetts Institute of Technology Rhett Ross S ...

Project Staff Peter D. Blair PRINCIPAL STAFF Assistant Director Industry, Commerce, and Steven Plotkin International Security Pr ...

John Alic Office of Technology Assessment Wolfgang Berg Mercedes Benz William Boehly National Highway Traffic Safety Administrat ...

workshop Participants Nabih Bedewi National Crash Analysis Office Center George Washington University Kennerly Digges National C ...

Tom Asmus Chrysler Corp. Jeff Bentley Arthur D. Little, Inc. Christopher E. Borroni-Bird Chrysler Corp. Rolf Buchheim Volkswagen ...

Executive Summary OTA’S APPROACH........................................................................................... Boxl ...

Chapter 2 Introduction and Context FORCES FOR INNOVATION........................................................................ ...

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Greater number of gears... ... ... ..................0""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""^126 Electronic transmission control (ETC). ...

Prices.................................................................................................^187 Fuel Cell Vehicles. ...

THE FEDERAL ROLE IN ADVANCED VEHICLE R&D: Government-Funded R&D - Chapter ...

Table 5-1: Key Legislation Affecting Automotive Research and Development................. PNGV-Related FY 1995 Appropriations by ...

Chapter 1 Executive Summary The automobile has come to symbolize the essence of a modern industrial society. Perhaps more than a ...

encouraged more driving; vehicle-miles traveled (VMT) have been increasing at 3 percent per year.l0 Expanding personal income^11 ...

. increased leverage on the climate change problem, whose potential costs are huge but incalculable. Furthermore, if U.S.-develo ...

only near-term ZEV likely, according to current rules). Simultaneously, numerous electric vehicle (EV) development and commercia ...

reducing oil imports, unless they are able to penetrate the most popular market segments. Note that there are vehicles available ...