On the way to 130 g CO2/km-Estimating the future characteristics of the average European passenger car

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1826-1833

  Fontaras, Georgios ^a   Samaras, Zissis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

CO2 emissions; Fuel consumption; Passenger cars

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; CO2 EMISSIONS; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; ENGINE EFFICIENCY; IN-VEHICLE; OPTIMISATIONS; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION; TECHNICAL MEASURES; VEHICLE WEIGHTS;

AUTOMOBILES; EMISSION CONTROL; FUELS; PASSENGER CARS; ROLLING RESISTANCE; STEEL METALLURGY; VEHICLES;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

AUTOMOBILE; CARBON EMISSION; COMPLIANCE; EMISSION CONTROL; ESTIMATION METHOD; EUROPEAN UNION; FUEL CONSUMPTION; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 75149180644     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.11.059     Document Type: Article

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