Examining the potential for voluntary fuel economy standards in the United States and Canada.

Plotkin, S. ; Greene, D. ; Duleep, K.

Argonne National Laboratory

关键词: Canada;    Usa;    Trucks;    Standards;    29 Energy Planning, Policy And Economy;   

DOI  :  10.2172/810466
RP-ID  :  ANL/ESD/02-5
RP-ID  :  W-31-109-ENG-38
RP-ID  :  810466

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report is designed to assist the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. government in general, and Natural Resources Canada with understanding the potential for voluntary fuel economy standards designed to increase the fuel economy of the North American fleet of light-duty vehicles (LDVs-passenger cars and light trucks) within a 10-15-year timeframe. The approach of this study has been: First, to examine and evaluate recent fuel economy initiatives taken in Japan and Europe; Second, to review the technologies available to improve fuel economy in the U.S. (and Canadian) fleets, focusing on their costs and fuel economy improvement potential; Third, to identify and broadly evaluate some alternatives to the current U.S. and Canadian Corporate Average Fuel Economy system of specifying uniform fuel economy targets (27.5 mpg for cars, 20.7 mpg for light trucks) for individual companies; and Fourth, to try to determine an approximate level of fuel economy increase and form of company agreements that would be conducive to a voluntary agreement, based on the assumption that an acceptable voluntary standard would impose an equitable burden on each manufacturer and would be approximately cost-effective from consumers' private perspectives.