TRUCK DESIGN -- A LOOK TO THE FUTURE

To predict vehicle designs and configurations of the future, it is necessary to look at the driving forces and constraints which surround the truck industry, and where the emphasis for change will come from. The first will continue to be a reduction in operating cost, i.e. fuel, tires and maintenance. Second is configuration, i.e., maximizing vehicle size and weight or other commodity considerations. Third is driver comfort and safety. Engineers tend to look at things from a technical aspect first when, in fact, economic factors are the motivators for technical achievements and innovation.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/2240909
• Supplemental Notes:
  • A 75th Anniversary "Springboard" article.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Chew, N B
• Publication Date: 1980-11

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 39-46
• Serial:
  • Automotive Engineering
  • Volume: 88
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • ISSN: 0098-2571

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Comfort; Design; Fuel conservation; Fuels; Maintenance management; Operating costs; Reduction (Chemistry); Shape; Tires; Trend (Statistics); Trucks; Vehicle design; Vehicle safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Configuration; Maintenance costs
• Old TRIS Terms: Reduction; Vehicular safety
• Subject Areas: Design; Energy; Highways; Motor Carriers; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00334779
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-030 848
• Files: HSL, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 28 1983 12:00AM