Electric cars: Technical characteristics and environmental impacts

Environmental Sciences Europe

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Helmers, Eckard ^a   Marx, Patrick ^a  

^a TRIER UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FELINE CALICIVIRUS;

AUTOMOBILE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ELECTRIC VEHICLE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EID: 84867210072     PISSN: 21904707     EISSN: 21904715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2190-4715-24-14     Document Type: Review

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