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Appendix Y

Acronym List

AC air conditioning
ACCESS Advanced Combustion Control Enabling Systems and Solutions
AFV alternative-fuel vehicle
AKI anti-knock index
AT automatic transmission
BAT binary actuation technology
BEV battery electric vehicle
BMEP brake mean effective pressure
BOM bill of materials
BSFC brake specific fuel consumption
BTE brake thermal efficiency
CAFE corporate average fuel economy
CAI controlled auto-ignition
CARB California Air Resources Board
CDPF catalyzed diesel particulate filter
CEC California Energy Commission
CETC California Electric Transportation Coalition
CI compression ignition
CNG compressed natural gas
CO2 carbon dioxide
CR compression ratio
CVP continuously variable planetary transmission
CVT continuously variable transmission
CVVL continuously variable valve lift
DCP dual cam phasing
DCT dual clutch transmission
DI direct injection
DISI direct injection spark ignition
DMC direct manufacturing cost
DOC diesel oxidation catalyst
DOE U.S. Department of Energy
DOHC dual overhead cam
DOT U.S. Department of Transportation
DPF diesel particulate filter
DVVL discrete variable valve lift
Suggested Citation:"Appendix Y: Acronym List." National Research Council. 2015. Cost, Effectiveness, and Deployment of Fuel Economy Technologies for Light-Duty Vehicles. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21744.
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E85 85 percent ethanol
EACC electric accessories
ECU engine control unit
eCVT electronically controlled continuously variable transmission
EEA Energy and Environmental Analysis Inc
EGR exhaust gas recirculation
EISA Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007
EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPS electric power steering
EU European
EVO exhaust valve opening
FAME fatty acid methyl ester
FC fuel consumption
FCEV fuel cell electric vehicle
FE fuel economy
FSS full system simulation
FTP Federal Test Procedure
GDCI gasoline direct injection compression ignition
GDI gasoline direct injection
GDICI gasoline direct injection compression ignition
GHG greenhouse gas
GM General Motors Company
HC hydrocarbon
HCCI homogeneous-charge compression ignition
HEV hybrid-electric vehicle
HFET/HWFET/HWY Highway Fuel Economy Test/Highway Federal Emissions Test (or highway cycle)
I4 inline 4-cylinder engine
ICM indirect cost multiplier
ICP intake-cam phasing
IMEP indicated mean effective pressure
ISFC indicated specific fuel consumption
ITE indicated thermal efficiency
IVC intake-valve closing
LBL low viscosity lubricants
LCFS low-carbon fuel standard
LDV light duty vehicle
LNT lean NOx traps
LP low pressure
LPG liquefied petroleum gas
LTC low temperature combustion
MBT minimum spark advance for best torque
MPFI multi point fuel injection
MPG miles per gallon
MPV midsize passenger vehicle
MY model year
NA naturally aspirated
NA North American
NESCCAF Northeast States Center for a Clean Air Future
Suggested Citation:"Appendix Y: Acronym List." National Research Council. 2015. Cost, Effectiveness, and Deployment of Fuel Economy Technologies for Light-Duty Vehicles. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21744.
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NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NMHC Non-methane hydrocarbons
NOx Nitrogen oxides
NRC National Research Council
NSC NOx storage and reduction catalysts
NVH noise, vibration, and harshness
NVO negative value overlap
OBD on-board diagnostics
OEM original equipment manufacturer
OHV overhead valve
ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory
OSC oxygen storage capacity
PCCI premixed charge compression ignition
PEV plug-in electric vehicle
PFI port fuel injection
PGM platinum group metals
PHEV plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
PM particulate matter
PVO positive value overlap
R&D research and development
RFG reformulated gasoline
RIA regulatory impact analysis
ROM read only memory
RON research octane number
RPE retail price equivalent
SACI spark assisted compression ignition
SAE Society of Automotive Engineers
SC supercharger
SCR selective catalytic reduction
SGDI stoichiometric gasoline direct injection
SI spark ignited engine
SOC state of charge
SOHC single overhead cam
SULEV super ultra-low emission vehicle
SUV sport utility vehicle
TC turbocharged
TSD technical support document
TWC three way catalyst
UDDS urban dynamometer driving schedule
ULEV ultra low emissions vehicle
V2G vehicle-to-grid
V2V vehicle-to-vehicle
V6 six-cylinder V engine
V8 eight-cylinder V engine
VEL valve event and lift
VEM valve-event modulation
VGT variable geometry turbochargers
VVL variable valve lift
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VVT variable valve timing
xEV vehicle with an electrified powertrain, included HEV, PHEV, EV and FCEV
ZEV zero emission vehicle
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The light-duty vehicle fleet is expected to undergo substantial technological changes over the next several decades. New powertrain designs, alternative fuels, advanced materials and significant changes to the vehicle body are being driven by increasingly stringent fuel economy and greenhouse gas emission standards. By the end of the next decade, cars and light-duty trucks will be more fuel efficient, weigh less, emit less air pollutants, have more safety features, and will be more expensive to purchase relative to current vehicles. Though the gasoline-powered spark ignition engine will continue to be the dominant powertrain configuration even through 2030, such vehicles will be equipped with advanced technologies, materials, electronics and controls, and aerodynamics. And by 2030, the deployment of alternative methods to propel and fuel vehicles and alternative modes of transportation, including autonomous vehicles, will be well underway. What are these new technologies - how will they work, and will some technologies be more effective than others?

Written to inform The United States Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards, this new report from the National Research Council is a technical evaluation of costs, benefits, and implementation issues of fuel reduction technologies for next-generation light-duty vehicles. Cost, Effectiveness, and Deployment of Fuel Economy Technologies for Light-Duty Vehicles estimates the cost, potential efficiency improvements, and barriers to commercial deployment of technologies that might be employed from 2020 to 2030. This report describes these promising technologies and makes recommendations for their inclusion on the list of technologies applicable for the 2017-2025 CAFE standards.

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