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Project Title: Assessment of Technologies for Improving Light-Duty Vehicle Fuel Economy

PIN: BEES-J-07-01-A         

Major Unit:
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

Sub Unit:
Board on Energy & Environmental Systems

RSO:
Holmes, John

Subject/Focus Area:



Assessment of Technologies for Improving Light-Duty Vehicle Fuel Economy
September 10, 2007 - September 11, 2007
Keck Center
500 5th Street, NW
Washington D.C. 20001



If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open
to the public or need more information please contact:


Contact Name: LaNita Jones
Email: ljones@nas.edu
Phone: 202.334.3344
Fax: 202.334.2019


Agenda:

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
COMMITTEE ON FUEL ECONOMY OF LIGHT-DUTY VEHICLES


First Meeting: September 10-11, 2007

PUBLIC SESSION

Monday, September 10th – Room Keck 100

10:30 AM Welcome and introductions from committee members
Trevor Jones, NRC committee chair, and provisional committee members

10:50 AM National Highway Traffic Safety Administration / Environmental Protection Agency
Julie Abraham, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
William Charmley, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality representative

12:00 PM Lunch

1:00 PM Technical options for reducing passenger car GHG emissions
Coralie Cooper, Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management

1:45 PM Advanced technology development and leadtime
John German, USA Honda

2:30 PM Assessing Fuel Economy
Dan Hancock, GM Powertrain

3:15 PM Break

3:30 PM Challenges in estimating future vehicle fuel consumption
John Heywood, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

4:15 PM Designing advanced vehicle powertrains using PSAT
Aymeric Rousseau, Argonne National Laboratory

5:00 PM Wolfgang Stuetz, BMW of North America

5:45 PM Public comment

6:15 PM Adjournment of public meeting



Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:
Trevor Jones
Thomas Asmus
Rodica Baranescu
Jay Baron (via teleconference) day one only
Patrick Flynn
David Friedman (via teleconference)
David Greene
Larry Howell
Linos Jacovides
John Johnson
John Kassakian
Gary Rogers
Robert Sawyer
Syed Shahed


The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:
Deliberations and administrative items related to committee formation and processes. Information and presentations provided by presenters and guests during the open session.
Composition and balance for the committee



The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:
Background information on fuel economy technologies – Consultant’s report to the committee, 09/10/2007

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary: September 14, 2007



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