Fuel Efficiency and Motor Vehicle Travel: The Declining Rebound Effect [PDF]
We estimate the rebound effect for motor vehicles, by which improved fuel efficiency causes additional travel, using a pooled cross section of US states for 1966-2001.
Kurt Van Dender, Kenneth A. Small
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The Taxation of Fuel Economy [PDF]
Policy-makers have instituted a variety of fuel economy tax policies -- polices that tax or subsidize new vehicle purchases on the basis of fuel economy performance -- in the hopes of improving fleet fuel economy and reducing gasoline consumption.
James Sallee
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Can proactive fuel economy strategies help automakers mitigate fuel price risk? [PDF]
Detroit automakers have opposed mandated improvements in fuel economy since legislation was first proposed in the 1970’s. Their opposition is based, among other considerations, on the assumption that their customers value fuel economy only when fuel ...
McManus, Walter
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A Multiphase Traction/Fast-Battery-Charger Drive for Electric or Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles [PDF]
, 2010 For Electric Vehicles (EV), the charger is one of the main technical and economical weaknesses. This paper focuses on an original electric drive [1]-[3] dedicated to the vehicle traction and configurable as a battery charger without need of additional ...
BOUCHEZ, Boris +11 more
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On the role of regulatory standards: Specification and some empirical evidence from motor vehicle fuel economy [PDF]
This paper proposes a simple model to evaluate the role of regulatory controls. It is formulated so as to enable drawing empirical conclusions on the basis of usual hypothesis tests.
Theodoros Zachariadis
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Report of the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Infrastructure Working Group
, 2010 This archived document is maintained by the Oregon State Library as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Title from PDF title page (viewed on Apr.
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Drive Cycle Optimisation for Pollution Reduction [PDF]
Green house gas emissions have abraded environmental quality for human existence. Automobile exhaust is a significant contributor globally to green house gases, among other contributors.
Ball, Andrew +3 more
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Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards and the Market for New Vehicles [PDF]
This paper presents an overview of the economics literature on the effect of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards on the new vehicle market. Since 1978, CAFE has imposed fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks sold in the U.S. market.
Linn, Joshua, Klier, Thomas
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New vehicle characteristics and the cost of the corporate average fuel economy standard [PDF]
Recent legislation has increased the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFÉ) standard by 40 percent, which represents the first major increase in the standard since its creation in 1975.
Joshua Linn, Thomas H. Klier
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Approximate Pressure Distribution in an Accelerating Launch-Vehicle Fuel Tank [PDF]
, 2010 A detailed derivation of the equations governing the pressure in a generic liquid-fuel launch vehicle tank subjected to uniformly accelerated motion is presented.
Nemeth, Michael P.
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