Slower, smaller and lighter urban cars

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-26

  Moriarty, P ^a   Honnery, D ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Car design; Fuel consumption; Traffic accidents; Traffic congestion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013502875     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954407991526630     Document Type: Article

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