NTL Record

Title 2012 - 2016 Corporate Average Fuel Economy compliance and effects modeling system documentation
Record ID 48217
Personal Name
Creator
Van Schalkwyk, John; Green, Kevin; Pickrell, Don; Harrington, Ryan; Shaulov, Mark
Source 116p. in various pagings
Corporate Creator John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Publisher United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Publication Date 20100300
Language English
Abstract The Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) of the United States Department of Transportation's Research and Innovative Technology Administration has developed a modeling system to assist the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in the evaluation of potential new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. Based on externally-developed inputs, the modeling system estimates how manufacturers could apply additional fuel-saving technologies in response to new CAFE standards, and estimates how doing so would increase vehicle costs, reduce national fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions, and result in other effects and benefits to society. The modeling system can also be used to estimate the stringency at which an attribute-based CAFE standard satisfies various criteria. For example, the system can estimate the stringency that produces a specified average required fuel economy level, or that maximizes net benefits to society.
Rosap ID dot:10080
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/10080
TRT Terms Standards; Fuel consumption; Motor vehicles; Automobiles; Costs; Benefits; Technological innovations
General Subjects Corporate Average Fuel Economy; Standards; Fuel-saving technology; CAFE standards
Classification NTL - ECONOMICS AND FINANCE - Economic Impacts;
NTL - LAWS AND REGULATIONS - LAWS AND REGULATIONS;
NTL - PLANNING AND POLICY - PLANNING AND POLICY
Geographical
Coverage
United States
Contract Number HS38A3/HVP95
Report Number DOT-HS-811 301
Availability Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/48000/48200/48217/CAFE_Model_Documentation_March_2010.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository