Climate and environmental effects of electric vehicles versus compressed natural gas vehicles in China: A life-cycle analysis at provincial level

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1711-1718

  Huo, Hong ^a   Zhang, Qiang ^a   Liu, Fei ^a   He, Kebin ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GHG EMISSION; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE VEHICLES; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LIGHT-DUTY; PASSENGER VEHICLES; PM EMISSIONS; POWER-PLANT EMISSIONS; REDUCTION CREDITS;

AUTOMOBILES; COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; GASOLINE; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; NATURAL GAS VEHICLES; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

COAL; GASOLINE; NATURAL GAS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; COMBUSTION; EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NATURAL GAS; NITROGEN OXIDES; POWER PLANT; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE; COAL POWER; COMBUSTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS VEHICLE; ELECTRIC CAR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXHAUST GAS; MOTOR VEHICLE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AUTOMOBILES; CHINA; CLIMATE; ELECTRICITY; GAS, NATURAL; GASOLINE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NITRATES; NITRITES; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFUR DIOXIDE; UNITED STATES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

CHINA;

EID: 84873432957     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es303352x     Document Type: Article

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