Comparative Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Conventional and Electric Vehicles

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-64

  Hawkins, Troy R ^a   Singh, Bhawna ^a   Majeau Bettez, Guillaume ^a   Strømman, Anders Hammer ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Batteries; Electricity mix; Global warming; Industrial ecology; Life cycle inventory (LCI); Transportation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC VEHICLES; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EUTROPHICATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GASOLINE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; SOLAR CELLS; SUPPLY CHAINS; TOXICITY; TRANSPORTATION; WATER;

BATTERY REPLACEMENTS; CLEAN ELECTRICITY; DIESEL VEHICLES; ECOTOXICITY; ELECTRIC VEHICLES (EVS); ELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRICITY SOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE; GASOLINE VEHICLE; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; HUMAN TOXICITY; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE INVENTORIES; LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY; LOW-CARBON ELECTRICITIES; PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION; TAILPIPE EMISSION; USE PHASE; VEHICLE SUPPLY;

LIFE CYCLE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC VEHICLE; ELECTRICAL POWER; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENERGY RESOURCE; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

EUROPE;

EID: 84874220742     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00532.x     Document Type: Article

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