Analyses and Reports for Setting Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Standards for Cars and Trucks
On this page:
- Non-GHG air quality modeling
- Consumer vehicle choice model
- Mass reduction
- Other models and reports
- Indirect cost multipliers
Non-GHG Air Quality Modeling
- Air Quality Modeling Technical Support Document: 2017-2025 Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards Final Rule (pdf) (10 MB, EPA-454-R-12-004, August 2012)
- Emissions Inventory for Air Quality Modeling Technical Support Document 2017-2025 Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Final Rule (pdf) (1.36 MB, EPA-454-R-12-005, August 2012)
Consumer Vehicle Choice Model
- Consumer Vehicle Choice Model Documentation (pdf) (702 KB, EPA-420-B-12-052, August 2012)
- Peer Review for the Consumer Vehicle Choice Model and Documentation (pdf) (1.1 MB, EPA-420-R-12-013, August 2012)
- How Consumers Value Fuel Economy: A Literature Review (pdf) (1.1 MB, EPA-420-R-10-008, March 2010)
- Peer Review for the Report, “How Consumers Value Fuel Economy: A Literature Review” (pdf) (678 KB, EPA-420-S-10-001, April 2010)
Mass Reduction
- Light-Duty Vehicle Mass Reduction and Cost Analysis — Midsize Crossover Utility Vehicle (FEV-EPA Contract) (pdf) (31.2 MB, EPA-420-R-12-026, August 2012)
- Peer Review of Light-Duty Vehicle Mass-Reduction and Cost Analysis — Midsize Crossover Utility Vehicle (FEV-EPA Contract) (pdf) (35.26 MB, EPA-420-R-12-019, August 2012)
- Supporting LS DYNA models (baseline and light weighted) (zip)
- Evaluating the Structure and Crashworthiness of a 2020 Model-Year, Mass-Reduced Crossover Vehicle Using FEA Modeling (Lotus-ARB Contract) (pdf)
- Assessment of NHTSA’s Report “Relationships Between Fatality Risk, Mass, and Footprint in Model Year 2000-2007 Passenger Cars and LTVs” (LBNL Phase 1 Report) (pdf)
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An Analysis of the Relationship between Casualty Risk Per Crash and Vehicle Mass and Footprint for Model Year 2000-2007 Light-Duty Vehicles (LBNL Phase 2 Report) (pdf)
- Peer Review of LBNL Statistical Analysis of the Effect of Vehicle Mass & Footprint Reduction on Safety (LBNL Phase 1 and 2 Reports) (pdf) (7.6 MB, EPA-420-R-12-020, August 2012)
Other Models and Reports
- ANL BatPaC Model (Argonne National Laboratory Battery Performance and Cost Model v2 Beta) (xlsx)
- Memorandum on Projected Fuel Savings of the MY 2012-MY 2025 Greenhouse Gas Standards Expressed as an “Equivalent” Reduction in Gasoline Price (pdf)
- Light-Duty Technology Cost Analysis, Power-Split and P2 HEV Case Studies (pdf) (8.7 MB, EPA-420-R-11-015, November 2011)
- Peer Review (pdf) (784 KB, EPA-420-R-11-016, November 2011)
- Response to Peer Reviewer Comments (pdf) (137 KB, EPA-420-R-11-017, November 2011)
- Light-Duty Vehicle Technology Cost Analysis, Advanced 8-Speed Transmissions (Revised Final Report) (pdf) (847 KB, EPA-420-R-13-007, April 2013)
- Light-Duty Vehicle Technology Cost Analysis, Mild Hybrid and Valvetrain Technology (pdf) (2.5 MB, EPA-420-R-11-023, November 2011)
- Potential Stranded Capital Analysis on EPA Light-Duty Technology Cost Analysis (pdf) (142 KB, EPA-420-R-11-019, November 2011)
- Ricardo Computer Simulation of Light-Duty Vehicle Technologies for Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction in the 2020-2025 Timeframe (pdf) (3.78 MB, EPA-420-R-11-020, December 2011)
- Response to Peer Review (pdf) (8.59 MB, EPA-420-R-11-021, December 2011)
- Ricardo Response Surface Model Tool (zip)
- EPA Pilot Study (pdf) (5.8 MB, EPA420-F-09-020, December 2009)
Supporting Excel spreadsheets can be found in the Electronic Docket at regulations.gov; search for "EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0472-11395", and see the documents with IDs EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0472-11395.1 through EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0472-11395.23- ICF International Pilot Study Peer Review Report (pdf)
- EPA Pilot Study Peer Review - Response to Comments (pdf) (187 KB, EPA420-F-09-021, December 2009)
- Light-Duty Technology Cost Analysis, Report on Additional Case Studies (Revised Final Report) (pdf) (281 KB, EPA-420-R-13-008, April 2013)
Supporting Excel spreadsheets can be found in the Electronic Docket at regulations.gov; search for "EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0472-11604," and see the documents with IDs EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0472-11604.1 through EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0472-11604.77 - EPA Staff Technical Report: Cost and Effectiveness Estimates of Technologies Used to Reduce Light-Duty Vehicle Carbon Dioxide Emissions (pdf) (883 KB, EPA420-F-08-008, March 2008)
- Revised Full Report: A Study of Potential Effectiveness of Carbon Dioxide Reducing Vehicle Technologies (pdf) (4.0 MB, EPA420-R-08-004a, June 2008)
- Peer Review: A Study of Potential Effectiveness of Carbon Dioxide Reducing Vehicle Technologies (pdf) (297 KB, EPA420-S-08-002, January 2008)
- EPA Lifecycle Analysis of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Renewable Fuels (pdf) (133 KB, EPA-420-F-10-006, February 2010)
- EPA Analysis of the Transportation Sector: Greenhouse Gas and Oil Reduction Scenarios (pdf)
- Cover Letter from EPA to the Office of Senator John Kerry (pdf)
- Full Report: A Wedge Analysis of the U.S. Transportation Sector (pdf) (535 KB, EPA-420-R-07-007, April 2007)
- Fact Sheet: A Wedge Analysis of the U.S. Transportation Sector (pdf) (1.6 MB, EPA-420-F-07-049, October 2007)
Indirect Cost Multipliers
- Automobile Industry Retail Price Equivalent and Indirect Cost Multipliers (pdf) (1.02 MB, EPA-420-R-09-003, February 2009)
- Peer Review for the RTI Report, Automobile Industry Retail Price Equivalent and Indirect Cost Multipliers (pdf) (432 KB, EPA-420-R-09-004, June 2009)