Comparisons of air quality impacts of fleet electrification and increased use of biofuels

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Alhajeri, Nawaf S ^a   McDonald Buller, Elena C ^a   Allen, David T ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

air quality; biofuels; CAMx; E85; ozone; plug in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960313913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/6/2/024011     Document Type: Article

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