Alternative road vehicles, electric rail systems, short flights: An environmental comparison

World Electric Vehicle Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Matheys, Julien ^a   Festraets, Tim ^a   Timmermans, Jean Marc ^a   Sergeant, Nele ^a   van Mierlo, Joeri ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Electric vehicle; Environmental effectiveness; Fast market entry; Myers motors

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC VEHICLES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GLOBAL WARMING; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; RAILINGS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; ROADS AND STREETS;

ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTIVENESS; HIGH ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INTERNATIONAL AVIATION; MARKET ENTRY; PASSENGER TRANSPORT; RAIL TRANSPORTATION; SURFACE TRANSPORT;

ELECTRIC DRIVES;

EID: 79953007179     PISSN: 20326653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/wevj2040236     Document Type: Article

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