Advanced Automotive Technology: Visions of a Super-Efficient Family Car
rapidly catching up to North American programs and PEM fuel cells are being actively developed and tested by some of the most po ...
Like the German automakers, the Japanese were skeptical about the future cost and performance characteristics of traction batter ...
fuel cell effort), a continuation of the more comprehensive U.S. approach is likely to put U.S. companies in a strong position t ...
feasibility of these technologies is proven, commercialization will depend on the manufacturers’ judgments of cost effectiveness ...
identified by OTA including the need for more cost-effective ceramic and composite manufacturing processes, improved high-power ...
Of course, the primary responsibility--and liability--for vehicle safety lies with the automakers. Government, however, has the ...
b. — r, The current federal R&D program focuses almost exclusively on developing advanced vehicles; at most, a few million d ...
emissions testing standards, fuel economy standards, and standard procedures for handling emergency situations). As one example, ...
Issue 1: Should Congress continue to support advanced vehicle K&WY During the past 20 years, government policies at the fede ...
Although fuel economy and emissions characteristics are closely related in actual vehicle operation, R&D programs at EPA and ...
for their part recognize that small entrepreneurial companies have important contributions to make in solving the many challengi ...
writing, government finding for advanced vehicle R&D appears once again poised for a downturn owing to budget cuts. PNGV has ...
BOX 5-1: DOE’s Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Program DOE funding rose rapidly from startup in 1976 to a peak of $37.5 million in 1 ...
BOX 5-2: The Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles PNGV PNGV was conceived as a model government/industry research progra ...
-?% BOX 5-3: Federal Spending on Advanced Auto R&D The federal government conducts a wide range of R&D that is relevant ...
TABLE 5-1: Key Legislation Affecting Automotive Research and Development Public law Title number Major provisions Comments Clean ...
Alternative PL 100-494 Directs DOE to prepare studies on alternative Relies mainly on plarming, information exchange, and coordi ...
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TABLE 5-3: Regional R&D Consortia Supported by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) Consortium Members Activities Ha ...
Table 5-4: Government-Funded Advanced Automotive R&D in Japan 1 I — Agency Project Comment MIT/New Sunshine Fuel cell power- ...
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