I proposed increasing funding for the Department of Energy's Light Truck Program by $5.3 million over 3 years to support technology development and demonstration activities for turbochargers and other boosting devices. Data from Europe on production cars shows that turbocharging enables the downsizing of engines to improve fuel economy while maintaining the performance and power of larger engines. The program I proposed adapts and demonstrates current boosting technologies on SUVs here in the United States, and thus helps develop other new engine boosting technologies. Ultimately, these technologies may improve fuel economy on the SUV alone by 14 to 16 percent.
Steven Kuykendall: “I proposed increasing funding for the Department of Energy's Light Truck Program by $5.3 million over 3 years to support…”
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Discussing funding for the Department of Energy's Light Truck Program and its impact on fuel economy.
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