Review of the 21st Century Truck Partnership Third Report (2015) / Chapter Skim
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1 Introduction and Background
1 Introduction and Background
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This NRC nies to contribute to national goals of reducing fuel usage and Phase 3 review follows on two previous reviews, the first con emissions while improving heavy vehicle safety. (Chapter 2 ducted in 2007 resulting in the NRC Phase 1 report, issued addresses the organization of the Partnership and how it in 2008 (NRC, 2008)
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• Conduct research to reduce vehicle power demands • Develop and implement an integrated vehicle systems (also referred to as parasitic losses) to achieve signifi R&D approach that validates and deploys advanced cantly reduced energy consumption.
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Partially as a result of the promulgation of these LDV fuel economy regulations, the Energy Information Administra tion (EIA, 2014) forecasts in its reference case that energy NATIONAL CONCERNS consumption by LDVs in the United States will decline by The federal government, including DOE, has addressed an average of about 0.8 percent/year between 2012 and 2040, in varying degrees the economic, energy security, and envi- from about 8.41 million bbl/day (oil equivalent)
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Increased domestic natural gas be forthcoming, albeit the NHTSA/EPA Phase 2 Notice production and the associated sharp decline in natural gas of Proposed Rulemaking for MDHVs was announced in prices have also stimulated interest in the use of natural gas June 2015. In November 2014, according to the U.S.-China in certain applications in the transportation sector, another Joint Announcement on Climate Change, the United States trend that can contribute to improving energy security.
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. The 2010.10 In order to meet lower NOx requirements, the trade- technical areas covered by the white papers include these: offs in engine and emissions control designs led to some decline in the brake thermal efficiency of diesel engines as (1)
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associate their own existship; the MHDV activities are carried out in the 21CTP. ing programs or projects that are relevant to the goals of The U.S.DRIVE programs include work on combustion the 21CTP under the 21CTP umbrella, but budgets are not and emissions control, fuel cells, hydrogen storage, batter- clearly associated with 21CTP, and during previous reviews ies, lightweight materials, power electronics, and vehicle there has been no specific budget information from these systems.
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Since some of the SuperTruck projects per gallon."12 Four SuperTruck industry teams have been were addressing vehicle power demands and engine idle funded, generally about 5-year contracts, with ARRA fund- reduction, funding for individual projects in those areas was reduced.
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Review the high-level technical goals, targets, and pulsion, the review has been made complicated because timetables for R&D efforts, which address such areas the goals and targets have been undergoing revision. The as heavy vehicle systems; hybrid electric propulsion; SuperTruck projects are in various stages of completion, and advanced internal combustion engines (ICEs)
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2006. 21st Century Truck Partnership Roadmap and Technical White Papers.
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2009b. Liquid Transportation Fuels from Coal and Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2012.
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