Exploring the relationship between vehicle safety and fuel efficiency in automotive design

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 112-116

  Chen, Chialin ^a   Ren, Yu ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Automobile design; Fuel economy; Vehicle safety

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; EFFICIENCY; FUEL ECONOMY; FUELS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; VEHICLES;

AUTOMOBILE DESIGN; AUTOMOTIVE DESIGNS; FIXED EFFECT MODELS; FUEL EFFICIENCY; FUEL-EFFICIENT VEHICLES; PANEL DATA ANALYSIS; VEHICLE MODEL; VEHICLE SAFETY;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE;

AUTOMOBILE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; DESIGN; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FUEL CONSUMPTION; PANEL DATA; SAFETY; SIZE; WEIGHT;

ASIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72949154985     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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