Teardown-Based Cost Assessment for Use in Setting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards

SAE International Journal of Passenger Cars - Mechanical Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1059-1072

  Kolwich, Gregory ^a   Steier, Al ^b   Kopinski, Don ^c   Nelson, Brian ^c   Ganss, David ^c   Ellies, Benjamin ^c   Cherry, Jeff ^c   Olechiw, Michael ^c   Casciani, Thomas ^a   Fernandez, Antonio ^c  

^a FEV Inc   (Germany)

^b Munro and Associates   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR ENGINES; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; COMMERCE; COMPENSATION (PERSONNEL); COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COST ENGINEERING; COST ESTIMATING; COSTS; DIESEL ENGINES; DIRECT INJECTION; ENGINES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION; FUEL ECONOMY; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS FUEL ANALYSIS; GREENHOUSE GASES; MANUFACTURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARDS; VEHICLE TRANSMISSIONS; VEHICLES; WAGES; GAS COMPRESSORS;

AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSORS; DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION; EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION SYSTEMS; GASOLINE DIRECT INJECTION ENGINES; MANUFACTURING OVERHEADS; MATERIAL COMPOSITIONS; PARALLEL HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; GASOLINE DIRECT INJECTION; VARIABLE VALVE TIMING;

HYBRID VEHICLES;

EID: 84863186207     PISSN: 19463995     EISSN: 19464002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2012-01-1343     Document Type: Article

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