• 1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 1 Introduction and Background; 4 2 Management Strategy and Priority Setting; 5 3 Engine Systems and Fuels; 6 4 Medium- and Heavy-Duty Hybrid Vehicles; 7 5 Vehicle Power Demands; 8 6 Engine Idle Reduction; 9 7 Safety; 10 8 SuperTruck Program; 11 9 Efficient Operations; 12 Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members; 13 Appendix B: Presentations and Committee Meetings; 14 Appendix C: Responses from the 21st Century Truck Partnership to the Findings and Recommendations from the National Research Council Phase 1 Review; 15 Appendix D: Highlights of Selected Propulsion Material Programs; 16 Appendix E: Available Models of Medium- to Heavy-Duty Hybrid and Electric Trucks; 17 Appendix F: Proposed Mechanism for Obtaining Hybrid Vehicle Credits; 18 Appendix G: History of Heavy-Duty Truck Aerodynamic and Tire Rolling Resistance Coefficients; 19 Appendix H: Bibliography for Long Combinations Vehicles in Canada, the United States, and Australia; 20 Appendix I: Acronyms and Abbreviations

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