In-use fuel economy of hybrid-electric school buses in Iowa

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 504-510

  Hallmark, Shauna ^a   Sperry, Bob ^a   Mudgal, Abhisek ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; BUSES; COMMERCE; DIESEL ENGINES; FUEL ECONOMY; FUELS; LIFE CYCLE;

FUEL ECONOMY EVALUATIONS; LIFECYCLE COSTS; PASSENGER VEHICLES; PLUG-IN HYBRIDS; PRIVATE VEHICLES; TRACK RECORD; TRANSPORTATION COST; WILCOXON SIGNED RANK TEST;

PLUG-IN HYBRID VEHICLES;

FUEL; GASOLINE;

ARTICLE; COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HYBRID ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUS; MARKET; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; AIR POLLUTANT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SCHOOL; STANDARD;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASOLINE; HUMANS; IOWA; MOTOR VEHICLES; SCHOOLS; TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 79959803643     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.61.5.504     Document Type: Article

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