REVIEW OF PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING CORPORATE AVERAGE FUEL ECONOMY. VOLUME II. TECHNICAL REPORT

Federal regulations impose financial penalties and credits on automobile manufacturers based upon 0.1 mpg increments in their Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) values for each model year. CAFE values are defined legally by a set of sampling and estimation procedures that neglect inherent uncertainties. This report characterizes alternative statistical procedures to quantify the inherent uncertainties in average fuel economy and examines their cost-effectiveness in achieving 0.1 mpg precision.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 1, PB80-204639.
• Corporate Authors:

  EIC Corporation

  67 Chapel
  Newton, MA  United States  02192

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Rabe, F T
• Publication Date: 1979-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 145 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Automobile industry; Automobiles; Cost effectiveness; Cost estimating; Costs; Estimates; Fuel consumption; Laws; Legislation; Regression analysis; Regulations; Sampling; Statistical analysis
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Energy; Finance; Highways; Law; Vehicles and Equipment; I96: Vehicle Operating Costs;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00318900
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: C-515-VOL-2 Final Rpt., DOT-HS-805-397
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-7-01771
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 27 1980 12:00AM