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Project Title:
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Assessment of Fuel Economy Technologies for Medium and Heavy Duty Vehicles
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BEES-J-08-03-A
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Major Unit:
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Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
Transportation Research Board
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Sub Unit:
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Board on Energy & Environmental Systems
Studies and Information Services
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RSO:
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Brown, Duncan
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Subject/Focus Area:
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Assessment of Fuel Economy Technologies for Medium and Heavy Duty Vehicles
February 4, 2009 - February 5, 2009
National Academy of Sciences Building
2100 C St. NW
Washington D.C.
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If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open
to the public or need more information please contact:
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| Contact Name:
Jason Ortego
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| Email:
jortego@nas.edu
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| Phone:
202-334-2452
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Fax:
202-334-2019
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Agenda:
Open Sessions will take place in Room 150
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
10:15 am Hybrid Trucks: Real-World Data and Claimed Performance
10:15 Navistar hybrid technology (Mike Roeth)
10:50 Presentation TBD
11:25 NREL hybrid models (Terry Penney)
12:00 pm Lunch
12:45 Rolling Resistance
Calvin Bradley, Michelin Tire North America (via telephone)
1:20 How an Independent OEM Matches Vehicles and Applications .
Mike Roeth, Navistar
1:55 Presentation TBD
2:40 Break
2:50 Integrated View of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles
Andrew Brown, Introduction to session
3:00 Panel Discussion: Vehicle Integration Using Popular US Vehicle Models
Vehicle Integration Team (Ronald Graves; Aymeric Rousseau of ANL, and Garrick Hu of Arvin-Meritor [retired]), ANL, ORNL, Michelin, Cummins personnel)
4:10 Perspectives of the European Auto Industry
Stefan Larsen of the European Auto Manufacturers, says that European Commission regulators also considering GHG labeling based on simulation, under the Euro VI law. (via teleconference)
4:50 Use of the Top Runner System with Heavy Vehicles
Akihiko HOSHI, Deputy Director, Environment Division, Road Transport Bureau, MLIT, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (via teleconference). The world’s first fuel-economy target standard values for heavy--duty vehicles (diesel vehicles with GVW more than 3.5 tons), based on the Top--Runner System. [With Akira Noda, Executive director of NTSEL (National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory), and Takao Onoda, of (MLIT).]
5:30 pm Open Session Adjourns
Thursday, February 5, 2009
8:00 am Probing the Uncertainties of the NESCCAF Heavy Vehicle Study
Thomas Reinhart and his coworkers in the NESCCAF Heavy Vehicle Fuel Efficiency study of heavy duty fuel economy
8:45 Standards and Metrics.
Discussing remaining unknowns in the study’s scope.
9:30 Technology Cost Studies of TIAX
Robert Wilson, TIAX LLC
10:15 Voluntary SmartWay Certification Program
Mitch Greenberg of the EPA or someone from the California ARB could present the voluntary use by California and other regulatory bodies to reduce GHG emissions
11:30 Open Session Adjourns
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Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting
The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:
Andrew Brown
Dennis Assanis
Roger Bezdek
Nigel Clark
Thomas Corsi
Duke Drinkard
David Foster
Roger Fruechte
Ron Graves
Garrick Hu
Johm Johnson
Drew Kodjak
David Merrion
Thomas Reinhart
Aymeric Rousseau
John Woodrooffe
Martin Zimmerman
The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:
Discussion of report outline. Committee Considerations (consensus items): classifications/dimensions; duty/drive cycles; baseline vehicle/data; topics requiring consultant assistance; vehicle technologies and contribution value; who/where is the point of regulation; safety (the reason for public to like trucks; and understand/describe industry.
The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:
None.
Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:
February 9, 2009
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