The impact of MMT gasoline additive on exhaust emissions and fuel economy of Low Emission Vehicles (LEV)

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Benson, Jack D ^a   Dana, Gregory ^b  

^a AFE Consulting Services

^b Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUEL ADDITIVES; FUEL ECONOMY; NITROGEN OXIDES; POWERTRAINS; SOFTWARE TESTING;

CERTIFICATION STANDARDS; CONTROLLED VEHICLE TESTS; DRIVING CYCLE; EXHAUST EMISSION; GASOLINE ADDITIVES; LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES; LOW EMISSION VEHICLES; MILEAGE ACCUMULATION;

FLEET OPERATIONS;

EID: 85072467058     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2002-01-2894     Document Type: Conference Paper

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