Autonomous taxis could greatly reduce greenhouse-gas emissions of US light-duty vehicles

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 860-863

  Greenblatt, Jeffery B ^a   Saxena, Samveg ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC VEHICLE; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL TAX; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; GREENHOUSE GAS; ROAD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

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EID: 84939783935     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2685     Document Type: Article

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