National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory (NVFEL) 2012 Vehicle Technology Showcase

On December 5th, 2012, EPA hosted industry, government, and automotive experts.

On December 5th, 2012, EPA's National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory (NVFEL) hosted the first annual Vehicle Technology Showcase to highlight technologies being brought to market that improve fuel economy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and to conduct an open panel discussion with industry experts regarding consumer acceptance of fuel economy technology. 

NVFEL Vehicle Technology Showcase Partners:

• Society of Automotive Engineers
• Department of Energy

Click on the speaker's name to see photo and read highlights below.

• Speaker Highlights from the 2012 Vehicle Technology Showcase (pdf) (96.62 KB, December 5, 2012)
  This is the speaker highlights from the 2012 Vehicle Technology Showcase, December 5, 2012.

Opening Remarks:

Christopher Grundler, Director of EPA's Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ)

Technology Trends Overview:

Jeff Alson, Senior Policy Advisor, OTAQ

Discussion Panel Moderator:

Ed Nam, Director, Light Duty Vehicle and Small Engine Center, OTAQ

Panelists:

Robert Bienenfeld, Honda
Jake Fisher, Consumer Reports
Daniel Frakes, General Motors
David Greene, Department of Energy
Stuart Johnson, Volkswagen
Matthew Kevnick, Toyota
Alyssa Werthman, Ford

Advanced technology vehicles and components including EV, Hybrid, Clean Diesel, GDI (Gasoline Direct Injection), Alternative Fuels, Stop-Start, and more were displayed by:

• BorgWarner
• Bosch
• Ford
• General Motors
• Honda
• McLaren
• Mitsubishi
• Nissan
• Toyota 
• Volkswagen

This brochure, presented at the NVFEL Vehicle Technology Showcase, explains how technology innovation is transforming the automotive market, increasing the number of high mileage and low carbon dioxide emission vehicles available to consumers, and enabling many vehicles to meet EPA's new carbon dioxide emission targets years ahead of schedule.

• Technology Innovation: Transforming the Automotive Market (pdf) (624 KB, December 2012, EPA-420-F-12-077)

This memorandum provides additional technical detail about the methodology used to develop the charts presented in the brochure above.

• Technical Support Memorandum: Technology Innovation, Transforming the Automotive Market (pdf) (471.72 KB, December 2012)
  This EPA memo provides technical support and further discussion of assumptions used in developing the analysis for the brochure: Technology Innovation - Transforming the Automotive Market

Related Information

• Light-Duty Automotive Technology: Carbon Dioxide Emissions, and Fuel Economy Trends
• If you want to know more about NVFEL and what we do here please see NVFEL and Office of Transportation and Air Quality.