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

TABLE B-2: Methodology to Convert Variable and Fixed Cost to RPE

. Supplier cost to manufacturers =A
. Total manufacturer investment in tooling, =B
facilities, engineering, launch
. Unit cost of investment for drivetrain = B X 1.358 +(500,000X 0.85X 4.487)
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. Automanufacturer cost

l R.PE

=D

=

D X 1.25

au~t ~Q for My tw~olo= = (B * 1.358)+(350,000x 0.85x 2.855)

SOURCE: Energy and Environmental Analysis, Inc.,“Automotive Technologies To Improve Fuel
Economy to 2015,” report prepared for the Office of Technology Assessment, June 1995, p. 9-8.