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Title: Summary of OEM Idling Recommendations from Vehicle Owner's Manuals

Abstract

The project upon which this report is based was conceived in 2012 during discussions between the East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition (ETCleanFuels) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) who both noted that a detailed summary of idling recommendations for a wide variety of engines and vehicles were not available in the literature. The two organizations agreed that ETCleanFuels would develop a first-of-its-kind collection of idling recommendations from the owner’s manuals of modern production vehicles. Vehicle engine idling, a subject that has long been debated, is largely shrouded in misinformation. The justifications for idling seem to be many: driver comfort, waiting in lines, and talking on cell phones to name a few. Assuredly, a great number of people idle because of the myths and misinformation surrounding this issue. This report addresses these myths by turning to statements taken directly from the automobile and engine manufacturers themselves.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [2]
  1. East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition (ETCleanFuels), Knoxville, TN (United States)
  2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Fuels, Engines and Emissions Research Center; Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). National Transportation Research Center (NTRC)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1257900
Report Number(s):
ORNL/TM-2016/50
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION

Citation Formats

Keel-Blackmon, Kristy, Curran, Scott, and Lapsa, Melissa Voss. Summary of OEM Idling Recommendations from Vehicle Owner's Manuals. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.2172/1257900.
Keel-Blackmon, Kristy, Curran, Scott, & Lapsa, Melissa Voss. Summary of OEM Idling Recommendations from Vehicle Owner's Manuals. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1257900
Keel-Blackmon, Kristy, Curran, Scott, and Lapsa, Melissa Voss. 2016. "Summary of OEM Idling Recommendations from Vehicle Owner's Manuals". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1257900. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1257900.
@article{osti_1257900,
title = {Summary of OEM Idling Recommendations from Vehicle Owner's Manuals},
author = {Keel-Blackmon, Kristy and Curran, Scott and Lapsa, Melissa Voss},
abstractNote = {The project upon which this report is based was conceived in 2012 during discussions between the East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition (ETCleanFuels) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) who both noted that a detailed summary of idling recommendations for a wide variety of engines and vehicles were not available in the literature. The two organizations agreed that ETCleanFuels would develop a first-of-its-kind collection of idling recommendations from the owner’s manuals of modern production vehicles. Vehicle engine idling, a subject that has long been debated, is largely shrouded in misinformation. The justifications for idling seem to be many: driver comfort, waiting in lines, and talking on cell phones to name a few. Assuredly, a great number of people idle because of the myths and misinformation surrounding this issue. This report addresses these myths by turning to statements taken directly from the automobile and engine manufacturers themselves.},
doi = {10.2172/1257900},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1257900}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}