As national priorities have been focused both on reducing fuel consumption and improving air quality, attention has increased on reducing emissions from many types of vehicles, including light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty diesel-powered vehicles. Meeting the recently promulgated (and proposed) emission standards and simultaneously increasing fuel economy will pose especially difficult challenges for diesel-powered vehicles and will require the development of new emission-reduction technologies.
In response to a request from the director of OHVT, the National Research Council formed the Committee on Review of DOE's Office of Heavy Vehicle Technologies to conduct a broad, independent review of its research and development (R&D) activities.
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Front Matter Executive Summary Introduction Program Assessments Overall Findings and Recommendations Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members Appendix B: Presentations and Committee Activities Appendix C: Funding for Research and Development on Combustion and After-treatment Technologies Appendix D: Funding for Materials Research and Development Projects Acronyms and Abbreviations
