Electric vehicle cost, emissions, and water footprint in the United States: Development of a regional optimization model

Energy

Volumn 89, Issue , 2015, Pages 610-625

  Noori, Mehdi ^a   Gardner, Stephanie ^b   Tatari, Omer ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

^b MELP Energy Efficiency Product Management Intern Eversource Energy   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric vehicles; Environmental damage cost; Inherent uncertainty; Life cycle cost; Stochastic optimization; Water footprint

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLES; COSTS; CRASHWORTHINESS; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GASOLINE; HYBRID VEHICLES; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; LIFE CYCLE; OPTIMIZATION; PLUG-IN HYBRID VEHICLES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEHICLES;

ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE; INHERENT UNCERTAINTY; LIFECYCLE COSTS; STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATIONS; WATER FOOTPRINT;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ELECTRIC VEHICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; POLICY MAKING; REGIONAL PLANNING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER FOOTPRINT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84942015585     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.05.152     Document Type: Article

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