DEVELOPING A MARKET CREATION PROGRAM TO PROMOTE EFFICIENT CARS AND LIGHT TRUCKS

This paper explores the potential role for a market creation program ("Green Machine Challenge") emphasizing a voluntary, demand-based approach to accelerate commercialization of cars and light trucks having fuel efficiencies substantially higher than those typical today along with much lower emissions and comparable utility, safety, performance, and affordability. Market creation efforts are already underway to promote vehicles using alternative fuels, such as natural gas, alcohols, and electricity. Such efforts could be expanded to encourage a market for more efficient vehicles, particularly vehicles using technologies under development by the PNGV (Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles). Advanced technology efficient vehicles would face some of the barriers that face introduction of AFVs, but not the barriers related to the need for new fuel systems and infrastructure.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy

  1001 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 801
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • DeCicco, J M
• Publication Date: 1997-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 71 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol fuels; Fuel consumption; Light trucks; Light vehicles; Market development; Natural gas
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment; I95: Vehicle Inspection;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00763732
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 10 1999 12:00AM