SCOPE AND IMPACT OF NEW AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY ON THE INSPECTION, DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR PROCESS. VOLUME VII

This report presents the results of Task 2.5 of the Special Motor Vehicle Diagnostic Inspection Demonstration Project, Technical Support Contract, Contract No. DOT-HS-7-01666. The focus of this report is the automobile of the future and its impact on automotive inspection, diagnosis and repair. The report presents a review of expected changes in automotive design over the next decade and an analysis of how these changes will affect various portions of the diagnostic inspection and repair process.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Volume 7 of an 8 Volume report; Volumes 1-3 are HS-805 754--HS-805 756; Volumes 5-6 are HS-805 758--HS-805 759; Volume 8 is HS-805 761.
• Corporate Authors:

  Booz-Allen and Hamilton, Incorporated

  Transportation Consulting Division, 4330 East-West Highway
  Bethesda, MD  United States  20814

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1980-11

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 78 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Demonstration projects; Diagnosis; Diagnostic tests; Inspection; Maintenance; Motor vehicles; State of the art studies; Structural members; Technology assessment; Vehicle maintenance
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Vehicles and Equipment; I95: Vehicle Inspection;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00337320
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: 9073-081-001-007 Final Rpt., HS-805 760
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-7-01666
• Files: HSL, NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 15 1982 12:00AM