FUEL CONSUMPTION TRENDS IN TODAY'S VEHICLES

THIS PAPER DISCUSSES FUEL ECONOMY IN PRESENT AUTOMOBILES AND SHOWS THAT AS VEHICLE WEIGHT HAS INCREASED AND EMISSION CONTROLS HAVE BECOME MORE STRINGENT, FUEL ECONOMY HAS DETERIORATED AND WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE TO DO SO. WEIGHT IS SEEN AS THE SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN REDUCTION OF FUEL ECONOMY AND PERFORMANCE, AND SMALLER CARS ARE SEEN AS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. /AUTHOR/

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00423114
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No SP-383
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • MacDonald, H C
• Publication Date: 1973-7

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 21-4
• Serial:
  • Vehicle System Dynamics
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 0042-3114
  • EISSN: 1744-5159
  • Serial URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/nvsd20/current

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Compact automobiles; Economics; Fuel consumption; Performance; Vehicles; Weight
• Old TRIS Terms: Small car
• Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224482
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Spec Pub
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 11 1974 12:00AM