Environmental and Safety Performance of Commercially-available Light-duty Vehicle Tires in North America

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamza Shafique ◽  
Brad Richard ◽  
Martha Christenson ◽  
Sandra Bayne
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Safety Performance ◽  
Light Duty ◽  
Light Duty Vehicle

Optimal investment strategies for light duty vehicle and electricity generation sectors in a carbon constrained world

2016 ◽  
Vol 255 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 391-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boxiao Chen ◽  
Erica Klampfl ◽  
Margaret Strumolo ◽  
Yan Fu ◽  
Xiuli Chao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electricity Generation ◽  
Optimal Investment ◽  
Investment Strategies ◽  
Light Duty ◽  
Light Duty Vehicle

Low-Level Automated Light-Duty Vehicle Technologies Provide Opportunities to Reduce Fuel Consumption

2018 ◽  
Vol 2672 (24) ◽  
pp. 60-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saeed Vasebi ◽  
Yeganeh M. Hayeri ◽  
Constantine Samaras ◽  
Chris Hendrickson
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Aerodynamic Force ◽  
The United States ◽  
Route Guidance ◽  
Conventional Vehicle ◽  
Automated Vehicle ◽  
Fuel Savings ◽  
Light Duty ◽  
Vehicle Systems ◽  
Light Duty Vehicle

Gasoline is the main source of energy used for surface transportation in the United States. Reducing fuel consumption in light-duty vehicles can significantly reduce the transportation sector’s impact on the environment. Implementation of emerging automated technologies in vehicles could result in fuel savings. This study examines the effect of automated vehicle systems on fuel consumption using stochastic modeling. Automated vehicle systems examined in this study include warning systems such as blind spot warning, control systems such as lane keeping assistance, and information systems such as dynamic route guidance. We have estimated fuel savings associated with reduction of accident and non-accident-related congestion, aerodynamic force reduction, operation load, and traffic rebound. Results of this study show that automated technologies could reduce light-duty vehicle fuel consumption in the U.S. by 6% to 23%. This reduction could save $60 to $266 annually for the owners of vehicles equipped with automated technologies. Also, adoption of automated vehicles could benefit all road users (i.e., conventional vehicle drivers) up to $35 per vehicle annually (up to $6.2 billion per year).

scholarly journals Impact of freeway weaving segment design on light-duty vehicle exhaust emissions

2018 ◽  
Vol 68 (6) ◽  
pp. 564-575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing Li ◽  
Fengxiang Qiao ◽  
Lei Yu ◽  
Shuyan Chen ◽  
Tiezhu Li
Keyword(s):  
Exhaust Emissions ◽  
Vehicle Exhaust ◽  
Light Duty ◽  
Light Duty Vehicle

scholarly journals High Emitter Light Duty Vehicle Contributions to On-road Mobile Emissions in 2018 and 2030

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Collet ◽  
Toru Kidokoro ◽  
Yukio Kinugasa ◽  
Prakash Karamchandani ◽  
Allison DenBleyker
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
Protection Agency ◽  
Vehicle Miles Traveled ◽  
Improvement Strategy ◽  
Quality Improvement Strategy ◽  
Light Duty ◽  
Air Quality Improvement ◽  
Light Duty Vehicle ◽  
Tier 3

Quantifying the proportion of normal- and high-emitting vehicles and their emissions is vital for creating an air quality improvement strategy for emission reduction policies. This paper includes the California LEV III and United States Environmental Protection Agency Tier 3 vehicle regulations in this projection of high emitter quantification for 2018 and 2030. Results show high emitting vehicles account for up to 6% of vehicle population and vehicle miles traveled. Yet, they will contribute to over 75% of exhaust and 66% of evaporative emissions. As these high emitting vehicles are gradually retired from service and are removed from the roads, the overall effect on air quality from vehicle emissions will be reduced.

Ammonia emissions from a light-duty vehicle

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 53-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanderlei Borsari ◽  
João Vicente de Assunção
Keyword(s):  
Ammonia Emissions ◽  
Light Duty ◽  
Light Duty Vehicle

scholarly journals Inter-Laboratory Correlation Exercise with Portable Emissions Measurement Systems (PEMS) on Chassis Dynamometers

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 2275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barouch Giechaskiel ◽  
Simone Casadei ◽  
Michele Mazzini ◽  
Mario Sammarco ◽  
Gisella Montabone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Particle Number ◽  
Laboratory Method ◽  
Measurement Systems ◽  
Type Approval ◽  
Light Duty ◽  
Repeatability And Reproducibility ◽  
Light Duty Vehicle ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Mean Differences ◽  
The Individual

The recently introduced Real Driving Emissions (RDE) light-duty vehicle emissions regulation requires testing with Portable Emissions Measurement Systems (PEMS) during type approval and in-service conformity. The studies on the accuracy of PEMS today are limited. An inter-laboratory correlation exercise with PEMS took place in Italy in 2017. Eight laboratories measured exhaust emissions from a Golden Euro 6 gasoline vehicle with a Golden PEMS installed in it, along with the individual lab’s own PEMS, following the regulated laboratory method (bags from the dilution tunnel). The data of the exercise were used to estimate the repeatability and reproducibility of the methodology with PEMS. The statistical analysis estimated reproducibility of 2.9% (bags) to 5.5% (lab PEMS) for CO2, 20–25% for CO (all methods), 23–31% for NOx (all methods), and 29% (tunnel, Golden PEMS) to 39% (lab PEMS) for particle number. The mean differences of the PEMS to the regulated method were ±1.5 g/km (or ±1%) for CO2, <16 mg/km (or <5%) for CO, <4 mg/km (or <11%) for NOx and 1 × 1011 particles/km (40%) for particle number. The results of this study confirm the satisfactory performance of PEMS and the permissible tolerances introduced in RDE regulation.

Effect of Fuel Economy on Automobile Safety

2005 ◽  
Vol 1941 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanjana Ahmad ◽  
David L. Greene
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Economy ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Cointegration Analysis ◽  
Corporate Average Fuel Economy ◽  
Traffic Fatalities ◽  
Passenger Cars ◽  
Light Duty ◽  
Light Trucks ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Light Duty Vehicle

Since 1975, the fuel economy of passenger cars and light trucks has been regulated by the corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards, established during the energy crises of the 1970s. Calls to increase fuel economy are usually met by a fierce debate on the effectiveness of the CAFE standards and their impact on highway safety. A seminal study of the link between CAFE and traffic fatalities was published by R. W. Crandall and J. D. Graham in 1989. They linked higher fuel economy levels to decreases in vehicle weight and correlated the decline in new car weight with about a 20% increase in occupant fatalities. The time series available to them, 1947–1981, includes only the first 4 years of fuel economy regulation, but any statistical relationship estimated over such a short period is questionable. This paper reexamines the relationship between U.S. light-duty vehicle fuel economy and highway fatalities from 1966 to 2002. Cointegration analysis reveals that the stationary linear relationships between the average fuel economy of passenger cars and light trucks and highway fatalities are negative: higher miles per gallon is significantly correlated with fewer fatalities. Log–log models are not stable and tend to produce statistically insignificant (negative) relationships between fuel economy and traffic fatalities. These results do not definitively establish a negative relationship between light-duty vehicle fuel economy and highway fatalities; instead they demonstrate that national aggregate statistics cannot support the assertion that increased fuel economy has led to increased traffic fatalities.

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