Review of the U. S. Department of Energy's Heavy Vehicle Technologies Program

As national priorities have been focused both on reducing fuel consumption and improving air quality, attention has increased on reducing emissions from many types of vehicles, including light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty diesel-powered vehicles. Meeting the recently promulgated (and proposed) emission standards and simultaneously increasing fuel economy will pose especially difficult challenges for diesel-powered vehicles and will require the development of new emission-reduction technologies. In response to a request from the director of OHVT, the National Research Council formed the Committee on Review of DOE's Office of Heavy Vehicle Technologies to conduct a broad, independent review of its research and development (R&D) activities. Front Matter......Page 1 Acknowledgments......Page 7 Contents......Page 9 Tables and Figures......Page 10 Executive Summary......Page 11 1 Introduction......Page 16 2 Program Assessments......Page 24 3 Overall Findings and Recommendations......Page 43 Appendix A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members......Page 49 Appendix B Presentations and Committee Activities......Page 51 Appendix C Funding for Research and Development on Combustion and After-treatment Technologies......Page 53 Appendix D Funding for Materials Research and Development Projects......Page 54 Acronyms and Abbreviations......Page 56