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10 Factors Contributing to the Success of the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles
10 Factors Contributing to the Success of the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles
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is a cooperative undertaking to conduct R&D for a significant advancement in the energy efficiency of passenger transportation in the United States. The partnership is focused on a number of challenges that require basic research into the chemistry and physics of new materials, which are coordinated toward the achievement of quantitative technical performance goals that are linked through system analysis models ultimately to the fuel efficiency of vehicles.
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Toward that end, technology selections scheduled for calendar year 1997 were accomplished and focused attention on lightweight materials, four-stroke direct injection engines, hybrid electric drivetrains, and fuel cell systems (see Figure 10.2~. Proof-of-technical-concept vehicles will demonstrate the fuel economy attainable in fully realistic five-passenger vehicle designs during calendar year 2000.
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1997: Technology 2000 '' Selections 1 ~ 1 1 Proof-of Technical Concept Vehicles Production I Prototypes High: Safety Fuel Economy Emissions Mod: Performance Utility Reliability Low: Cost Production Platforms · Meets customer requirements · Commercial viability 2¢04 Production Feasible Prototypes This listing is not intended to be comprehensive, but to provide focus points for discussion. A compellingly significant societal benefit is essential to build the breadth of support required to attract inspired technical thinking and to maintain financial support over the full duration of the program schedule.
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In an environment of fixed government research funding, support of good new ideas and pursuit of worthy new objectives requires that funds be diverted from programs already under way. In industry, competitive requirements to cut costs and meet current market challenges result in continuing pressure to divert funding from ongoing development programs.
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Government and industry technical communities committed to jointly defined goals and a vision of success, which developed a common technical strategy. In the implementation of the joint technical strategy, the government role focused on provision of R&D resources, convening power (national laboratories and government suppliers)
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passes through the automotive manufacturers, that the industry contribution exceeds the government contribution by a considerable margin, and that the government role serves to offset adverse market forces to encourage development of technologies toward national energy efficiency. A continuing issue remains with regard to government cost-share requirements that discourage participation by small innovative companies and noncommercial entities such as universities and contract research organizations.
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There was considerable scrutiny to eliminate "corporate welfare" programs, and the PNGV program was reviewed extensively by the new majority party in that light. The majority party, through its actions in the appropriations process, has supported the PNGV program at roughly constant levels over the past five years.
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There is no question that the PNGV program has afforded the federal government insight into the development of technologies within the automotive industry and the opportunity to validate its assessment of technological challenges. Indeed, the technical challenges are fairly clearly identified, and the state of progress in the collaborative projects to surmount them is evident to the participating government scientists.
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Beyond the technology projects, there is considerable evidence that PNGV is creating a push to develop advanced technologies for enhanced fuel economy. Early PNGV activity appears to have spurred early activity in JCAR and EUCAR (corresponding Japanese and European car programs)
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