Technology Volume 1. Strategic Planning Factors ( click to download PDF) |
| Question |
Topic |
| TECH-1 |
Gasoline price forcast |
| TECH-2 |
CAFE standards, regulatory forecast for light-duty vehicles |
| TECH-3 |
CAFE standards, reasonable expectations for light-duty vehicles |
| TECH-4 |
Fuel economy improvements, source of improvements |
| TECH-6 |
Alternate energy sources or power plants, passenger car and light-truck prodcution |
| TECH-7 |
Electric vehicle battery type |
| TECH-8 |
Combustion engines in hybrid electric/combustion engine vehicles |
| TECH-9 |
Electric-drivetrain cost vs. gasoline engine automatic transmission vehicles |
| TECH-10 |
Greatest challenges of developing hybrid powertrains |
| TECH-11 |
Electric motor voltage in electric and hybrid vehicles |
| TECH-12 |
Federal legislation activity, ten-year trend |
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| 2. Engineering and Sourcing Issues ( click to download PDF) |
| Question |
Topic |
| TECH-15 |
Product design and engineering, traditional domestic-vehicle manufacturers in North America versus offshore |
| TECH-16 |
Worldwide sourcing of North American product operations |
| TECH-17 |
North American sourcing within North America |
| TECH-18 |
Outsourcing of components and subsystems/modules by first-tier suppliers |
| TECH-19 |
Product-development cycle timing |
| TECH-20 |
Product-and-process technology leadership |
| TECH-21 |
Percentage-engineering using computer-based-tools (CAE) |
| TECH-22 |
Impact of math-based engineering on cost and timing in product development |
| TECH-23 |
Source of reduction in product-development time |
| TECH-24 |
Prototypes reduction |
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| 3. Powertrain and Drivetrain ( click to download PDF) |
| Question |
Topic |
| TECH-38 |
Engines, number of cylinders, passenger cars and light trucks |
| TECH-40 |
Valves per cylinder for passenger car engines |
| TECH-41 |
Valvetrain configurations for passenger car engines |
| TECH-42 |
Engine technical-features penetration |
| TECH-43 |
Engines, percentage undergoing major redesign |
| TECH-44 |
Fuel management-systems penetration, passenger cars and light trucks |
| TECH-45 |
Turbocharging/supercharging penetration, passenger cars |
| TECH-46 |
Ignition systems design features, passenger cars and light trucks |
| TECH-47 |
Aluminum-cylinder-head-and-block material penetration, passenger car and light truck |
| TECH-48 |
Lean-burn-engine penetration, passenger cars |
| TECH-49a |
New hardware/technology required for tier 2 emission standards |
| TECH-49b |
Total cost of hardware/technology needed to meet tier 2 emission standards |
| TECH-49c |
Percentage vehicle cost attributable to tier 2 standards |
| TECH-50 |
Challenges in meeting the proposed tier 2 emission standards |
| TECH-51 |
Plastic-engine-component penetration, passenger cars |
| TECH-52 |
Transmission configuration, passenger car and light truck |
| TECH-53 |
Transmission-features penetration |
| TECH-54 |
Drivetrain configurations, passenger cars |
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| 4. Other Issues ( click to download PDF) |
| Question |
Topic |
| TECH-65 |
Critical human-resource skills, supply deficiency |
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Materials Volume 5. Strategic Planning Factors ( click to download PDF) |
| Question |
Topic |
| MAT-3 |
Reformulated gasoline sales |
| MAT-4 |
Alternative fuels, federal legislation |
| MAT-5 |
Alternative fuels, North American-produced passenger vehicles |
| MAT-6 |
Federal regulatory and legislative activity |
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| 6. Powertrain and Drivetrain ( click to download PDF) |
| Question |
Topic |
| MAT-19 |
Engine head and engine-block materials |
| MAT-20 |
Aluminum engine-block sleeve technology |
| MAT-21 |
Aluminum engine-block sleeve materials |
| MAT-22 |
Internal engine component materials |
| MAT-23 |
Camshafts, materials |
| MAT-24 |
Crankshafts, materials |
| MAT-25 |
Fuel rails, materials |
| MAT-26 |
Front covers, materials |
| MAT-27 |
Intake manifolds, materials |
| MAT-28 |
Ceramics, engine component applications |
| MAT-29 |
Powdered materials, powertrain applications |
| MAT-30 |
Engine oil coller, heater cores, radiator, transmission oil coolers, materials |
| MAT-31 |
Fuel tank materials, gasoline fueled passenger cars and light trucks |
| MAT-32 |
Material selection; transmission gears |
| MAT-33 |
Materials selection; transmission rotors |
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Marketing Volume 7. Vehicle Features & Alternative Powered Vehicles ( click to download PDF) |
| Question |
Topic |
| MARK-37 |
Green Marketing, estimated customer values |
| MARK-38 |
Consumer acceptance of alternative powered vehicles, barriers to |
| MARK-39 |
Marketing Alternative powered vehicles, distribution, point of sales, warrangy |
| MARK-40 |
Marketing alternative powered vehicles, effectiveness by activity |
