AUTOMOTIVE POWERTRAINS - NOW AND INTO THE 1990S

Governmental and consumer pressures necessitate both vehicle downsizing and powertrain efficiency improvement to achieve future fuel economy goals. A powertrain hardware overview is presented which reviews refinement to current powerplants and transmissions, and identifies potential future componentry which may be required to assure that these economy goals are met and the automobile remains a viable element of the American transportation system.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Engines, Fuels and Lubricants--A Perspective on the Future, Baltimore, Maryland, October 20-23, 1980.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Nickol, H A
• Publication Date: 1980

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 1-13
• Serial:
  • SAE Special Publications
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Diesel engines; Electric power plants; Fuel conservation; Internal combustion engines; Reduction (Chemistry); Transmissions; Vehicle power plants; Vehicle weight
• Old TRIS Terms: Automobile engines; Reduction; Stratified change
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety; I96: Vehicle Operating Costs;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00361514
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: SP 471
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 30 1982 12:00AM