Advanced Automotive Technology: Visions of a Super-Efficient Family Car
strategy where the engine is on all the time; however, emissions and drivability for the type 2 hybrid should be much easier to ...
Incremental prices (relative to the advanced conventional vehicles) for the mid-size series HEVs are as shown in table 4-15, for ...
reductions in vehicle body weight by 2015 make it possible to meet the 6 percent grade climb requirement with a zinc-air cell of ...
..- ., more efficient than an advanced ICE, gasoline or diesel, at its best operating point, so the fuel economy figures for hyb ...
$8,000 more if an ultracapacitor or flywheel is used. The battery version is preferable because such a hybrid can be operated as ...
In OTA’s analysis, the alternative vehicles are essentially identical in size, aerodynamic characteristics,^70 body material and ...
maintenance will be achieved only if the power electronics, sensing, and computer control systems in these vehicles (which may b ...
Differences in longevity between conventional ICEVs and advanced vehicles depend on both the longevity of the alternative drivet ...
Energy Costs Differences in energy prices coupled with differences in energy efficiency will yield some significant differences ...
Unless gasoline prices eventually increase substantially, any energy savings associated with lower fuel use or a shift to electr ...
words, analysts often have a hard time determining whether it is weight or size (or even some other measure) that is the primary ...
of stronger materials, or materials with better energy absorption characteristics, should allow weight reduction without comprom ...
must absorb all of the initial kinetic energy of the vehicles. Since kinetic energy is proportional to mass, heavier vehicle(s) ...
similar collision.^87 This seems to imply, at face value, that weight reductions will increase injuries. The basic problem with ...
bear increased attention. As a possible adjunct to such a system, automatic braking activated by the same radar signal could red ...
vehicle compatibility problems may pose a major challenge to lightweight vehicle safety design. A concern here was that current ...
BOX 4-1: Four Weight Reduction About 70 percent of today’s passenger car is comprised body (25 to 28 percent), and the largest i ...
BOX 4-2: Calculating the Fuel Economy Effects of Converting a Taurus to a Series Hybrid with Flexible Engine Operation Shifting ...
TABLE 4-1: Forecast of Advanced Technology Penetration in the Base Case (Percentage of new vehicle fleet) Technology Subcompact ...
TABLE 4-2: Forecast of Vehicle Characteristics: Baseline Scenario — 2005 2015 Subcompact Price Base^307872 FE (mpg) 33.5 37.2 41 ...
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