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NHTSA |
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Preliminary Title: |
Review of Fuel Economy Technologies |
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Subject and Purpose: |
The review of two reports entitled "Future Potential of Hybrid and Diesel Powertrains in the US Light-duty Vehicle Market," and "Fuel Economy Potential of 2010 Light Duty Trucks" will provide supporting analysis for setting fuel economy standards. The objective of these studies is to expand upon NHTSA’s existing knowledge base of vehicle fuel economy technology potential that could be used to increase fuel economy by the seven light-truck manufacturers that have a significant share of the U.S. market. The assessments estimate fuel economy technology potential in the 2009 - 2010 timeframe. The focus of the reports is to update (with the most recent technology assessment data) the light-truck fuel economy potential by class outlined in the 2001 National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report, “Effectiveness and Import of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards.” Current estimates of the costs and effectiveness of diesels and hybrids by class, and vehicle down-weighting by material substitution are also included. |
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Highly influential scientific information |
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Influential scientific information |
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Peer Review Plan: |
The Peer Review Plan includes the following elements: (1) The peer review will conclude in the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2006. (2) We will have five peer reviewers with expertise in conventional, advanced diesel and hybrid technologies. Experts will be included from the Environmental Protection Agency, industry (retired), NHTSA (retired), the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Michigan. The reviewers will apply their expertise and engineering knowledge and judgment to identify and evaluate current available and possible future light duty truck fuel economy technologies. The analyses of fuel economy technology potential and cost evaluation will cover currently viable or near viable technologies likely to be used by particular light duty truck manufacturer’s in the post 2008 time frame and will also examine the use of technologies not currently viable but could possibly become viable post 2008. The analyses will estimate the improvement in fuel economy and the incremental costs by light truck class and manufacturers’ model lines for using technologies over the baseline technologies for light trucks. (3) The reviewers will have technological expertise in diesel, hybrid, in conventional drivetrain technologies, but will also review and comment on the readiness of those technologies, and the associated costs. (4) Each reviewer will write individual reports to NHTSA. (5) The public will be given an opportunity to provide public comment on the reports to be reviewed prior to the completion of the peer review. (6) The reviewers will have access to public comments on the reports if they are docketed during the peer review process. (7) Due to the highly technical nature of the expertise needed, the peer reviewers were selected by the agency. (8) The public was not asked to nominate the peer reviewers. |
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Contact person: |
Carol Hammel-Smith |
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Phone: |
202-366-5206 |
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