Effectiveness and Impact of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards
By: Committee on the Effectiveness and Impact of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council.
Contributors: National Research Council (U.S.); National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board.; National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Effectiveness and Impact of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards.
Publisher: National Academy Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Description: The National Academy Press, based in Washington, D.C., presents the full text of a book entitled "Effectiveness and Impact of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards," authored by the Transportation Research Board and originally published in 2001. The Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program requires automobile manufacturers to increase the sales-weighted average fuel economy of the passenger car and light-duty truck fleets sold in the United States. The book highlights technologies for improving the fuel economy, the impact of a more fuel efficient fleet, and potential modifications and alternatives to CAFE.
Notes: (Prepublication -- unedited proof).