Efforts for Developing and Promoting Environmentally Friendly Vehicles for the Future - EFV21 Project: Outline and Implementation Method -

Akira Noda; Izumi Tokunaga; Yuichi Goto; Kazuyuki Narusawa; Yoshio Sato; Hajime Ishii; Hisakazu Suzuki; Hiroaki Wada; Mihoko Sakai; Akinori Murai; Yoshitaka Tada

doi:10.11351/jsaereview.30.253

Invited Paper

Efforts for Developing and Promoting Environmentally Friendly Vehicles for the Future

- EFV21 Project: Outline and Implementation Method -

Akira Noda, Izumi Tokunaga, Yuichi Goto, Kazuyuki Narusawa, Yoshio Sato, Hajime Ishii, Hisakazu Suzuki, Hiroaki Wada, Mihoko Sakai, Akinori Murai, Yoshitaka Tada

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Akira Noda
Executive Director, Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory, an independent administrative institution
Izumi Tokunaga
AutomobileType Approval Test Department, Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory, an independent administrative institution
Yuichi Goto
Environment Research Department, Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory, an independent administrative institution
Kazuyuki Narusawa
Environment Research Department, Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory, an independent administrative institution
Yoshio Sato
Environment Research Department, Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory, an independent administrative institution
Hajime Ishii
Environment Research Department, Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory, an independent administrative institution
Hisakazu Suzuki
Environment Research Department, Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory, an independent administrative institution
Hiroaki Wada
Environment Division, Engineering and Safety Department, Road Transport Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Mihoko Sakai
Environment Division, Engineering and Safety Department, Road Transport Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Akinori Murai
Flight Standards Division, Civil Aviation Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Yoshitaka Tada
Environment Control Technology Office, Policy and Coordination Division, Environment Management Bureau, Ministry of the Environment

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2009 Volume 30 Issue 3 Pages 253-261

DOI https://doi.org/10.11351/jsaereview.30.253

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Abstract

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) started a project for next generation Environmentally Friendly Vehicles (EFVs) in fiscal 2002 and entrusted implementation of the project to the National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory (NTSEL), an independent administrative institution.
In this report, the authors explain the project outline including its objectives, an implementation framework, development targets for environmental performance, features of each of the developed EFVs, and so on. The project has been carried out by NTSEL acting as a principal research agency conducting close cooperation with automobile manufacturers, parts manufacturers, universities, and fuel manufacturers. Various types of heavy duty EFVs such as CNG/LNG trucks, DME trucks, hybrid vehicles including IPT power supply system, FTD trucks, a super clean diesel engine, a hydrogen combustion engine and so on, were developed in the project. The design concepts, new technologies and environmental performances of those EFVs are described in this report.

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