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Page v - NOTE: OTA appreciates and is grateful for the valuable assistance and thoughtful critiques provided by the advisory panel members. The panel does not, however, necessarily approve, disapprove, or endorse this report. OTA assumes full responsibility for the report and the accuracy of its contents.
Page 234 - Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976...
Page 263 - ... improvements in automobile design for increased efficiency and lowered emissions, including investigation of the full range of alternatives to the internal combustion engine...
Page 246 - Engineering, supported by the Swedish National Board for Industrial and Technical Development (NUTEK) and the...
Page 105 - A fuel cell is an electrochemical device that converts the chemical energy of a fuel directly to electricity (and heat) without combustion as an intermediate step.
Page 85 - A Study of Vehicle Equipped with Non-Throttling SI Engine with Early Intake Valve Closing Mechanism,
Page 261 - Interior. Department of Transportation. Environmental Protection Agency. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. National Science Foundation and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Page 53 - Bohi, Energy Price Shocks and Macroeconomic Performance (Washington, DC : Resources for the Future, 1989) and Sam H. Schurr, "Electricity Use, Technological Change, and Productive Efficiency," Annual Review of Energy 9 (1984), pp.
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Page 263 - Act to— (1) encourage and support accelerated research into, and development of, electric and hybrid vehicle technologies ; (2) demonstrate the economic and technological practicability of electric and hybrid vehicles for personal and commercial use in urban areas and for agricultural and personal use in rural areas...