Life cycle assessment of lightweight and end-of-life scenarios for generic compact class passenger vehicles

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 405-416

  Schmidt, Wulf Peter ^a   Dahlqvist, Elisabeth ^b   Finkbeiner, Matthias ^c   Krinke, Stephan ^d   Lazzari, Silvia ^e   Oschmann, Dirk ^f   Pichon, Sophie ^g   Thiel, Christian ^f  

^a FORD WERKE GMBH   (Germany)

^b VOLVO CAR CORPORATION   (Sweden)

^c DAIMLER AG   (Germany)

^d VOLKSWAGEN AG   (Germany)

^e CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT   (Italy)

^f ADAM OPEL AG   (Germany)

^g RENAULT   (France)

Author keywords

Life cycle stakeholder; Lightweighting; Passenger cars; Recycling; Significance of differences; Vehicles

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; CAR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; LIFE CYCLE; MATERIALS; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 7544238710     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/lca2004.09.174     Document Type: Article

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