. "Appendix D: Abbreviations and Acronyms." Technologies and Approaches to Reducing the Fuel Consumption of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2010.
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Technologies and Approaches to Reducing the Fuel Consumption of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles
ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory
PBA (Office of) Planning, Budget, and Analysis (DOE)
PCCI premix charge compression ignition
PCE passenger car equivalent
PDP product development process
PEIS programmatic environmental impact statement
PEM proton exchange membrane
PeMS (California) performance measurement system
PHEV plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
PHMSA Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
PM particulate matter
PNGV Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles
PNNL Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PRD pressure relief device
PSAT Powertrain Systems Analysis Toolkit
PSR power split ratio
PTO power takeoff
PV photovoltaic
RCP rapid control prototyping
RDR rear drive ratio
RFP request for proposal
RITA Research and Innovative Technology Administration (DOT)
RMC ramp modal cycle
ROI return on investment
RPE retail price equivalent
rpm revolutions per minute
RSPA Research and Special Projects Administration (DOT)
SA selective availability (of GPS signal)
SAE Society of Automotive Engineers
SBIR Small Business Innovation Research
SCI special crash investigation
SCR selective catalytic reduction
SER strategic environmental review
SiC silicon carbide
SIL software-in-the-loop
SMR steam methane reforming
SNL Sandia National Laboratories
SRI Stanford Research Institute
STTR small business technology transfer
SUV sport utility vehicle
SwRI Southwest Research Institute
TG number of transmission gears
TMC traffic management center
TP test procedure
TPMS tire pressure monitoring system
TRB Transportation Research Board
TREAD Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation
TSS thermal storage system
UC ultracapacitor
UDDS Urban Dynamic Driving Schedule
USABC U.S. Advanced Battery Consortium
USCAR U.S. Council for Automotive Research
VDP Vehicle Development Process
VGT variable geometry turbine
VITT Vehicles Integration Tag Team
VIUS Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey
VMT vehicle miles traveled
VVA variable valve actuation
VVL variable valve lift
VVT variable valve timing
WAAS weighted aerodynamic average speed
WBS wide-base single (tires for low rolling resistance)