AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION/NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE MEMBER COUNTRIES OF THE EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL VEHICLES COMMITTEE (EEVC), IT WAS DECIDED TO TEST THE "RESEARCH SAFETY VEHICLE" - PHASE THREE CARS IN EUROPE, TO EUROPEAN STANDARDS OR PROPOSED STANDARDS. THE DUTCH PART OF THIS EUROPEAN TEST PROGRAM CONSISTED OF EXHAUST GAS EMISSION AND FUEL CONSUMPTION TESTS. THIS REPORT DEALS WITH THE TESTS PERFORMED ON THE CALSPAN-RESEARCH SAFETY VEHICLE. THE TNO-INSTITUTE FOR ROAD VEHICLES IN DELFT PERFORMED THE FOLLOWING TESTS: 1) US FEDERAL EMISSION TEST, 2) US FEDERAL FUEL CONSUMPTION TEST, 3) ECE REGULATION 15: EMISSION TEST, 4) ECE RECOMMENDATION A.70: FUEL CONSUMPTION TEST, AND 5) ADDITIONAL CONSTANT SPEED TESTS. FOR THE COVERING ABSTRACT OF SECTION 3, SEE IRRD 266048. FOR THE COVERING ABSTRACT OF THE CONFERENCE SEE IRRD 266046.
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