2013 CAR Breakfast Briefing Series - Automotive Fuels and Emissions: Policies, Compliance, & Potential Impact of Future Technologies

This resource contains presentations from one of the Center for Automotive Researchâs (CARâs) breakfast briefings titled âAutomotive Fuels and Emissions: Policies, Compliance, & Potential Impact of Future Technologies.â This briefing occurred on 12/5/13 at Robert Bosch LLC in Farmington Hills, MI. At the briefing presenters discussed the strategic implications of Tier 3 regulations which will soon be finalized and may impact future technology decisions in a multitude of ways. The impact of Tier 3 emission regulations is expected to be far reaching as they have the potential to influence the quality of fuel, as well as usage of alternative fuels and powertrains. Further, the regulations will have a direct influence on the technologies, such as diesel and gasoline direct injection, that automakers will utilize to meet the fuel economy standards through MY2025. Included in this resource are the presentations from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Volkswagen, and Bosch utilized at the briefing