Electric versus conventional vehicles: Social costs and benefits in France

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 397-411

  Funk, Karina ^a,b   Rabl, Ari ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Damage costs; Diesel cars; Electric vehicles; External costs; Gasoline cars; Life cycle analysis

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIESEL ENGINES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXHAUST GASES; GAS EMISSIONS; LIFE CYCLE; NUCLEAR POWERED VEHICLES;

POLLUTION DAMAGE; THERMAL VEHICLES;

ELECTRIC VEHICLES;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTION CONTROL; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

FRANCE; ILE-DE-FRANCE;

EID: 0032757903     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1361-9209(99)00018-8     Document Type: Article

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