YPSILANTI – Without question, the pathway to sustainable personal transportation entails a collection of solutions to help reduce our impact on the environment and our dependency on foreign oil. Many experts don’t expect battery electric vehicles to achieve mass market acceptance for at least 10 to 15 years, or longer, without continued economic stimulus or a technology breakthrough – both risky propositions.

In a CAR Breakfast Briefing, a subgroup of authors of “Assessing Fuel Economy Technologies for Light Duty Vehicles” – an about-to-be released committee report of the National Research Council – will discuss the results of this important study.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) charged the NRC to assess technologies for improving fuel economy, to be used over the next 15 years. The report provides estimates of fuel consumption benefits and costs for approximately 40 technologies that are commercially available and could be implemented within five years. Other longer-term technologies are discussed and evaluated, as well. The report finds that over the next 15 years, many of these technologies will become effective and economically viable, and will (over a period of time) replace obsolete technologies. Over the next 10 years, we can expect multiple technology pathways to evolve with the internal combustion engine, the diesel engine, and hybrid vehicles-eventually leading to electric vehicles.

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear a wide-ranging, in-depth discussion about technology options for increased fuel economy!

Welcome and Introductions

Moderator: Brett Smith, Group Director, Automotive Analysis Group and Assistant Research Director, Center for Automotive Research

Introduction to Report

K. John Holmes, Senior Program Officer, Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, The National Academies

Overview of report and executive summary

Trevor Jones, Chairman and CEO, ElectroSonics Medical Inc.

Fuel Economy

Linos Jacovides, Owner, Paphos LLC and Delphi Research Laboratories (retired)

Compression-Ignition Diesel Engines

Roger Krieger, Adjunct Professor, Engine Research Center, University of Wisconsin Madison

Non-Powertrain Technologies

Jay Baron, President & CEO and Director, Manufacturing, Engineering, & Technology Group, Center for Automotive Research

Spark-Ignited Engines, Modeling Improvements in Vehicle Fuel Consumption

Gary Rogers, President, CEO, and Sole Director, FEV Technology, Inc.

Tuesday, June 8, 7:30-11:00 a.m.

Ann Arbor Marriott Ypsilanti at Eagle Crest

Ypsilanti, Michigan USA

Registration Fee: $95

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