scholarly journals Reduction in Global Warming due to Fuel Economy Improvements and Emissions Control of Criteria Pollutants: New US. Light-Duty Vehicles (19684991)

1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark E. Pitstick ◽  
Danilo J. Santini ◽  
Hemant Chauhan
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Fuel Economy ◽  
Emissions Control ◽  
Criteria Pollutants ◽  
Light Duty ◽  
Light Duty Vehicles

scholarly journals Drive cycle simulation of high efficiency combustions on fuel economy and exhaust properties in light-duty vehicles

2015 ◽  
Vol 157 ◽  
pp. 762-776 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiming Gao ◽  
Scott J. Curran ◽  
James E. Parks ◽  
David E. Smith ◽  
Robert M. Wagner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Economy ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Drive Cycle ◽  
Cycle Simulation ◽  
Light Duty ◽  
Light Duty Vehicles

Energy Efficiency, Fuel Economy, and Policy Implications

2005 ◽  
Vol 1941 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Lutsey ◽  
Daniel Sperling
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Fuel Economy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
The Public ◽  
Light Duty ◽  
Consumption Energy ◽  
Light Duty Vehicles

In the past 20 years, the acceleration performance of light-duty vehicles in the United States has improved substantially while vehicles have gotten larger and heavier. Over the same period, fuel economy, measured as miles per gallon, has not improved. These data suggest that technological innovation in vehicles is not lagging but is not being used to improve vehicle fuel economy. This paper quantifies vehicle efficiency improvements in U.S. light-duty vehicles since 1975 as they relate to fuel consumption. Energy efficiency improvements have been strongly positive and relatively constant since 1975. The rapid rise in fuel economy in the late 1970s was due to a mix of efficiency improvements and downgrading of utility in the form of reduced size, power, and elimination of accessories and amenities (such as air conditioning). In contrast, since the mid-1980s, fuel economy has remained constant while the benefits of technological innovation were used to satisfy private desires (more power, size, and amenities), instead of the public interest (reduced greenhouse gas emissions and oil imports). An important policy question is how and to what extent future efficiency innovations might be directed to the public interest.

Synergistic engine-fuel technologies for light-duty vehicles: Fuel economy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

2017 ◽  
Vol 208 ◽  
pp. 1538-1561 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Morganti ◽  
Marwan Al-Abdullah ◽  
Abdullah Alzubail ◽  
Gautam Kalghatgi ◽  
Yoann Viollet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Fuel Economy ◽  
Engine Fuel ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
Light Duty ◽  
Light Duty Vehicles

Fuel Economy Potential of Variable Compression Ratio for Light Duty Vehicles

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 817-831 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael H. Shelby ◽  
Thomas G. Leone ◽  
Kevin D. Byrd ◽  
Frank K. Wong
Keyword(s):  
Compression Ratio ◽  
Fuel Economy ◽  
Variable Compression Ratio ◽  
Light Duty ◽  
Light Duty Vehicles ◽  
Variable Compression

The Texas Project: Part 1 - Emissions and Fuel Economy of Aftermarket CNG and LPG Conversions of Light-Duty Vehicles

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald D. Matthews ◽  
J. Chiu ◽  
J. Zheng ◽  
D.-Y. Wu ◽  
D. Dardalis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Economy ◽  
Light Duty ◽  
Light Duty Vehicles
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