00965546

Component

https://doi.org/10.3141/1842-01

http://scholar.google.com...uett&publication_year=2003

Vehicles in the upper portion of the Class 2 weight range [6,000 to 10,000 lb gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR)] were identified and examined, and their impact was assessed. Class 2b vehicles (GVWR of 8,500 to 10,000 lb) include pickup trucks, sport utility vehicles, and large vans. Oak Ridge National Laboratory researched each individual truck model to determine which models were Class 2b trucks and developed four methodologies to derive sales volumes. Two methods were recommended for producing believable and reliable results. The results of the study indicate that in calendar year 1999, 521,000 Class 2b vehicles (6.4% of sales of all trucks under 10,000 lb) were sold; 82% of Class 2b vehicles sold were pickups, and one-third of Class 2b vehicles sold had diesel engines. In 2000, 5.8 million Class 2b vehicles (7.8% of all trucks under 10,000 lb) were on the road; 24% of the Class 2b vehicle population had diesel engines, and Class 2b vehicles accounted for 8% of annual miles traveled by trucks under 10,000 lb and 9% of fuel use. Data on Class 2b vehicles are scarce. As the Tier 2 standards (which apply to passenger vehicles in the 8,500 to 10,000 lb GVWR category) become effective, additional data--not only about emissions, but also about all areas--on Class 2b vehicles may become available. At the moment, distinguishing Class 2b vehicles from all Class 2 vehicles is a substantial task that requires individual model data.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1842, Energy, Air Quality, and Fuels 2003.

English

p. 1-8

2003

Transportation Research Record

0309085756

Figures (1) ; References (11) ; Tables (6)

Diesel engines; Exhaust gases; Fuel consumption; Pickup trucks; Sales; Sport utility vehicles; Statistics; Vans; Vehicle classification

Emissions standards

Data and Information Technology; Energy; Finance; Highways

TRIS, TRB

Nov 17 2003 12:00AM

• ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF AUTOMOTIVE FUEL ECONOMY STANDARDS FOR THE UNITED STATES
• CHARACTERISTICS AND EMISSIONS OF HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLES IN TENNESSEE UNDER THE MOBILE6 MODEL
• COMPOSITE EXHAUST EMISSIONS RATES: SENSITIVITY TO VEHICLE POPULATION AND MILEAGE ACCRUAL ASSUMPTIONS
• EFFECT OF ARTERIAL SIGNALIZATION AND LEVEL OF SERVICE ON MEASURED VEHICLE EMISSIONS
• FUEL CONSUMPTION OF HEAVY-DUTY TRUCKS: POTENTIAL EFFECT OF FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND EMISSIONS
• INDUCED TRAVEL AND EMISSIONS FROM TRAFFIC FLOW IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS
• MARKETS FOR FUEL-CELL AUXILIARY POWER UNITS IN VEHICLES: PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT
• MICROSCOPIC MODELING OF VEHICLE START EMISSIONS
• MOBILE-SOURCE EMISSIONS: ANALYSIS OF SPATIAL VARIABILITY IN VEHICLE ACTIVITY PATTERNS AND VEHICLE FLEET DISTRIBUTIONS
• REDUCING THE IMPACTS OF TRANSPORTATION ON GLOBAL WARMING: SUMMARY OF NEW YORK GREENHOUSE GAS TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS
• REGULATING TRANSPORTATION IN NEW NONATTAINMENT AREAS UNDER THE 8-HOUR OZONE STANDARD
• SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF CAL3QHC ROADWAY INTERSECTION MODEL
• TRANSITIONS IN LIGHT-DUTY VEHICLE TRANSPORTATION: ALTERNATIVE-FUEL AND HYBRID VEHICLES AND LEARNING
• VEHICLE ACTIVITY-BASED PROCEDURE FOR ESTIMATING EMISSIONS OF HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLES