Shifting fuels, downsizing or both? The Swedish example

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 62-69

  Sprei, Frances ^a,b   Karlsson, Sten ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diesel cars; Downsizing; Flex fuel cars; Performance attributes; Service attributes; Specific fuel consumption

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; TRANSPORTATION;

DIESEL CARS; DOWNSIZING; FLEX-FUEL; PERFORMANCE ATTRIBUTES; SERVICE ATTRIBUTES; SPECIFIC FUEL CONSUMPTION;

FUELS;

BIOFUEL; CAR USE; DIESEL; ETHANOL; FUEL CONSUMPTION; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; AUTOMOBILE; DIESEL ENGINE;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84870174895     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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