ENERGY AND THE CAR

L'ENERGIE ET L'AUTOMOBILE

The automobile industry is closely linked to the problems of energy in two different areas. First of all, because it is a metallurgical industry, it uses energy to manufacture products. The quantity of energy this represents cannot be neglected in the overall evaluation of the automobile as it concerns about 17 to 20 per cent of the total consumption of the car during its working life. This is a major reason for determining the materials to be used (energy cost of the preparation), manufacturing systems (processing energy), industrial structure (production strategy) and commercial management (distribution and maintenance). On the other hand, it is clear that products manufactured by the automobile industry consume oil. The quantity required is then related to the performances of the industrial refining processes, the technical definition of the car and of its present use as well as of the quality of the road- infrastructure in which the car operates. The progress which has already been made in the rational use of energy in both these areas of consumption is described. The objective is also to specify the possible and planned improvements in the short and medium term, in order to reduce the quantity of oil consumed by the car, so increasing the "amount of transport per unit of energy used" by affecting the parameters concerned. (Author/TRRL)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the 19th International Fisita Congress, Melbourne, Australia, November 8-12, 1982.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers

  191 Royal Parade
  Parkville, Victoria 3052,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • De Lavenne, H Y
• Publication Date: 1982-11

Language

• French

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 78.1
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Society of Automotive Engineers (Australasia)
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile industry; Automobiles; Conferences; Energy; Fuel consumption; Manufactures; Oils; Vehicles
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 213: Energy; 232: Fuel consumption; 3647: Manufacture; 4961: Oil; 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment; I96: Vehicle Operating Costs;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00376189
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAEA 82078
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Oct 30 1983 12:00AM