. "Appendix C." Review of the Research Program of the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles: Fourth Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1998.
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December 16, 1997
Dr. James Zuccehetto
National Academy of Sciences
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20418
Dear Jim:
I am responding to the question you and Trevor Jones raised as to whether this year's Peer Review of the PNGV program should be extended to look at Goals 1 and 2. As you know, Goal 1 covers advanced manufacturing technologies and Goal 2 covers the application of fuel economy and emission technologies to the current generation of vehicles.
The Partnership does not feel a specific, detailed review of Goals 1 and 2 is needed this year. We feel it is very important to have a thorough and thoughtful review of the Goal 3 technical programs and the technology selection decisions. Many, if not most, of the Goal 1 and 2 results are embedded in the Goal 3 projects, which we reviewed with the Peers. For these reasons we think the focus of this year's effort should continue to be on Goal 3.
Please let me know if I can be of any further assistant to you on this matter,