A range-based vehicle life cycle assessment incorporating variability in the environmental assessment of different vehicle technologies and fuels

Energies

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1467-1482

  Messagie, Maarten ^a   Boureima, Faycal Siddikou ^a   Coosemans, Thierry ^a   Macharis, Cathy ^a   Mierlo, Joeri Van ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Electric vehicles; Environmental impact; Green cars; Life cycle assessment; Sustainable mobility; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FUEL CELLS; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; TECHNOLOGY;

BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES; COMPRESSED NATURAL GASSES (CNG); ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; FUEL CELL ELECTRIC VEHICLE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS (LPG); SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY; UNCERTAINTY;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84896996290     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en7031467     Document Type: Article

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