An Assessment of the Rare Earth Element Content of Conventional and Electric Vehicles

SAE International Journal of Materials and Manufacturing

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 473-477

  Alonso, Elisa ^a   Wallington, Timothy ^b   Sherman, Andrew ^b   Everson, Mark ^b   Field, Frank ^a   Roth, Richard ^a   Kirchain, Randolph ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES; CATALYTIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYBRID VEHICLES; HYDRIDES; LITHIUM ALLOYS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; NICKEL METAL HYDRIDE BATTERIES; PLUG-IN HYBRID VEHICLES; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SUPPLY CHAINS; VEHICLES;

BATTERY TECHNOLOGY; CONVENTIONAL GASOLINE; FULL HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES; MATERIAL CONTENT; NUMBER OF COMPONENTS; PLUG-IN HYBRIDS; RARE EARTH CONTENT; SUPPLY CONDITIONS;

RARE EARTHS;

EID: 84863199847     PISSN: 19463979     EISSN: 19463987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2012-01-1061     Document Type: Article

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