Review of the Research Program of the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles (1994) / Chapter Skim
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These goals demand near-term technology applications and the creation of the manufacturing base for a technological future that is driven by Goal 3, which will potentially involve radically different products, processes, and supporting infrastructures. The committee was informed that several existing government-sponsored research projects related to advanced automobile research have been placed under the PNGV umbrella.
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The committee heard repeatedly that company internal budgets and in-house efforts related particularly to goals 1 and 2 will not be shared outside of the individual companies. PRIMARY TECHNOLOGIES BEING CONSIDERED The PNGV participants presented information on a wide variety of technologies that have potential to meet the requirements of the program's goals.
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It is important that the manufacturability of all technology developments involving new materials, subsystems, and systems be a specific element of vehicle application analyses. New design analysis techniques, including optimal design methods, structural optimization, crash energy management, and durability prediction are being studied.
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These technology areas were matched with existing government and industry research programs. The intent is to monitor progress and to allocate government and industry resources to those technologies that show the most promise for meeting the PNGV program goals.
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The technologies initially identified by the PNGV as applicable to Goal 2 are a subset of USCAR and government collaborative efforts, chosen with priority given to those that achieve near-term fuel economy and emissions improvements in conventional vehicles. A list has been created of existing governmentsupported research projects that are potentially appropriate, and the PNGV's intent is to select those (1)
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The size of government resources allocated to meet PNGV program goals during fiscal year 1994 was computed from the automotive-related programs that are already in place and from the budgets of the existing interagency research projects selected from that inventory
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The impacts need to be addressed relative to the rate at which PNGV-type vehicles are produced and bought by consumers. While they were not specifically addressed at the review meeting, the committee suggests that the PNGV be cognizant of other national initiatives and programs that, if implemented, will impact the on-road transportation infrastructure (e.g., the Intelligent Vehicle Highway System program, which is now administered by the Intelligent Transportation Society of America)
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74 STATICAL COMMITMENT In infixing the P~CV, the Clinton admin~tr~ion steed as commitment to the project as ~ new model of cooperation between government Ad infix. Cu~endy, the PNOV program is almost exclusively ~ admini~r~io~SCAR inid~ive.
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