ENERGY USE AND OTHER COMPARISONS BETWEEN DIESEL AND GASOLINE PICKUP TRUCKS

The primary goal of the study was to determine fuel economies, cost economies and reliability differences between the gasoline and diesel engines used in light duty pickup trucks.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also PB-266 656.
• Corporate Authors:

  Maine Department of Transportation

  Materials and Research Division, Box 1208, Hogan Road
  Bangor, ME  United States  04402

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142
• Authors:
  • Jacobs, JHG
• Publication Date: 1978-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 25 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Costs; Diesel engines; Economic factors; Energy; Engines; Fuel conservation; Fuel consumption; Gasoline; Gasoline engines; Green interval (Traffic signal cycle); Motor vehicles; Performance evaluations; Pickup trucks; Trucks
• Old TRIS Terms: Capitalized costs; Pickups; Truck engines
• Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Finance; Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00175275
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-TSC-OST-77-6 Intrm Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-TSC-1299
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: May 18 1978 12:00AM