SUMMARY -- 1 ORGANIZATION AND BACKGROUND -- 2 MANAGEMENT STRATEGY AND PRIORITY SETTING -- 3 ENGINE SYSTEMS AND FUELS -- 4 HEAVY-DUTY HYBRID VEHICLES -- 5 PARASITIC LOSSES OF ENERGY -- 6 ENGINE IDLE REDUCTION -- 7 SAFETY OF HEAVY VEHICLES -- A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- B Presentations and Committee Meetings -- C R&D Funding Trends of the FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies Program -- D Vehicle Emission Regulations -- E Acronyms and Abbreviations -- F State of the Art in Light-Duty Electric Vehicles -- G Members of the 21st Century Truck Partnership.