LIGHT DUTY AUTOMOTIVE FUEL ECONOMY... TRENDS THRU 1983

This, the eleventh in a series of Papers on EPA fuel economy trends, emphasizes the current Model Year (1983) as usual, but also gives increased emphasis to trends in vehicle technology, including catalyst and transmission subclasses. Final "CAFE" production volumes and MPG figures have been used to update the data bases through the 1980 Model Year, and an analytic method used in the past to allocate year-to-year fleet MPG changes to specific causes, such as weight mix shifts, has been reinstituted. Conclusions are presented on the relation between fuel economy and emission standards, catalyst types, and transmission types.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/01487191
• Supplemental Notes:
  • International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, Michigan, February 28-March 4, 1983.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Murrell, J D
  • Loos, S
  • Heavenrich, R
  • Cheng, Jiannan
  • LeBaron, E
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 54 p.
• Serial:
  • SAE Technical Paper
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • ISSN: 0148-7191
  • EISSN: 2688-3627
  • Serial URL: http://papers.sae.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Catalysts; Exhaust gases; Fleet management; Fuel consumption; Light trucks; Statistics; Technology; Transmissions; Trend (Statistics)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Fleets
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Energy; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00379592
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 830544, HS-034 973
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 30 1983 12:00AM