CONSULTANT REPORT ON MANUFACTURABILITY AND COSTS OF PROPOSED LOW-EMISSIONS AUTOMOTIVE ENGINE SYSTEMS

An assessment was made of the capability of the U.S. automotive industry to produce a variety of emissions control technology for internal combustion engines and to compare the associated fuel, maintenance, sticker price and investment-cost penalties to the driving public.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Research Council

  Committee on Motor Vehicle Emissions
  Washington, DC  United States  20418

  Environmental Protection Agency

  Office of Mobile Source of Air Pollution Control
  Washington, DC  United States  20024
• Authors:
  • Lindgren, LRH
  • Ebner, M
  • Gay, H A
  • JOHNSON, W A
  • Kittrell, J
• Publication Date: 1974-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 328 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Air quality management; Catalytic converters; Costs; Diesel engines; Economic analysis; Electric vehicles; Engines; Equipment; Exhaust gases; Fuels; Internal combustion engines; Investments; Maintenance; Manufacturing; Motor vehicle industry; Spark ignition engines; Strategic planning; Stratified charge engines; User charges; Vehicle power plants; Wankel engines
• Old TRIS Terms: Air pollution control devices; Motor vehicle engines
• Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00091840
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Contract Numbers: EPA-68-01-0402
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 10 1976 12:00AM