Governmental and consumer pressures necessitate both vehicle downsizing and powertrain efficiency improvement to achieve future fuel economy goals. A powertrain hardware overview is presented which reviews refinement to current powerplants and transmissions, and identifies potential future componentry which may be required to assure that these economy goals are met and the automobile remains a viable element of the American transportation system.


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    Title :

    Automotive Powertrains - Now and into the 1990s


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    1980 SAE International Fall Fuels and Lubricants Meeting and Exhibition ; 1980



    Publication date :

    1980-10-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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