NEAR HYBRID PASSENGER VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, PHASE 1. APPENDICES A AND B. MISSION ANALYSIS AND PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATION STUDIES REPORT, VOLUME 1

The three most promising vehicle use patterns (missions) for the near term electric hybrid vehicle were found to be all-purpose city driving, commuting, and family and civic business. The mission selection process was based principally on an analysis of the travel patterns found in the Nationwide Transportation Survey and on the Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. origin-destination studies data. Travel patterns in turn were converted to fuel requirements for 1985 conventional and hybrid cars. By this means, the potential fuel savings for each mission were estimated, and preliminary design requirements for hybrid vehicles were derived.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Revised. Sponsored in Part by DOE.
• Corporate Authors:

  Minicars, Incorporated

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  National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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• Publication Date: 1979-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 468 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Cities; Data collection; Data reduction; Electric vehicles; Hybrid automobiles; Hybrid vehicles; Market research; Microcomputers; Origin and destination; Performance based specifications; Specifications; Surveys; Transmissions; Travel patterns; Urban areas; Urban transportation; Vehicle design
• Geographic Terms: California; Washington (District of Columbia)
• Subject Areas: Design; Energy; Vehicles and Equipment; I96: Vehicle Operating Costs;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00318656
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: NASA-CR-163330, JPL-9950-37
• Contract Numbers: NAS7-100
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 27 1981 12:00AM