Review of the 21st Century Truck Partnership
By: Committee to Review the 21st Century Truck Partnership, Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies.
Contributors: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Review the 21st Century Truck Partnership.
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 118
ISBN-13: 9780309122085
Subjects: Trucks -- Environmental aspects -- United States; Trucks -- Energy consumption -- United States; Trucks -- Fuel consumption; Trucks -- Pollution control devices
Description: The 21st Century Truck Partnership (21CTP), a cooperative research and development partnership formed by four federal agencies with 15 industrial partners, was launched in the year 2000 with high hopes that it would dramatically advance the technologies used in trucks and buses, yielding a cleaner, safer, more efficient generation of vehicles. Key recommendations of the book include that the 21CTP should be continued, but the future program should be revised and better balanced. A clearer goal setting strategy should be developed, and the goals should be clearly stated in measurable engineering terms and reviewed periodically so as to be based on the available funds.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Organization and background; title: Management strategy and priority setting; title: Engine systems and fuels; title: Heavy-duty hybrid vehicles; title: Parasitic losses of energy; title: Engine idle reduction; title: Safety of heavy vehicles.