DATA on gasoline consumption and travel time of commercial vehicles are of considerable use to the operators and manufacturers of trucks and to the public officials who administer the highway facilities.Thus, industry and government decided to cooperate in a program designed to obtain information about these factors.This paper summarizes the results of the study, placing particular emphasis on the basic relations established, the application of the results, and the preliminary trends for the gasoline and time economy of commercial vehicles.DATA on gasoline consumption and travel time of commercial vehicles are of considerable use to the operators and manufacturers of trucks and to the public officials who administer the highway facilities.Thus, industry and government decided to cooperate in a program designed to obtain information about these factors.This paper summarizes the results of the study, placing particular emphasis on the basic relations established, the application of the results, and the preliminary trends for the gasoline and time economy of commercial vehicles.


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    Title :

    GASOLINE CONSUMPTION AND TRAVEL TIME OF TRUCKS


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:
    Saal, Carl (author)

    Conference:

    Pre-1964 SAE Technical Papers ; 1906



    Publication date :

    1951-01-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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