Chrysler`s hybrid concept
The ten-year Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles (PNGV), initiated in September 1993 by Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, and the US federal government, established three goals. The long-term goal of the program is the breakthrough vehicle referred to by some as the supercar or clean car that gets about 80 mpg, without sacrificing the average attributes of current vehicles such as the Chrysler Concorde, Ford Taurus, and Chevrolet Lumina. To achieve this long-term goal, the partnership realized that a manufacturing infrastructure had to be developed to attain cost and production levels consistent with auto industry norms; that is the objective of the initial goal, the advanced manufacturing phase. An interim goal tries to spin off as much of the advanced technology as possible to Big Three conventional vehicles so that they can benefit from advancements in mass reduction, aerodynamics, and materials technologies. PNGV`s lead government agency is the Department of Commerce, with the Department of Energy being a major resource. Intellectual input for the program is provided, on the government side, by the NSF, DoD, and NASA. Each of the Big 3 has contracts funded by the Department of Energy in many technology areas, and the companies are sharing knowledge to avoid duplication of effort.
- OSTI ID:
- 264181
- Journal Information:
- Automotive Engineering, Vol. 104, Issue 5; Other Information: PBD: May 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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