Integrated environmental and economic assessment of current and future fuel cell vehicles

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 94-110

  Miotti, Marco ^a,b   Hofer, Johannes ^a,c   Bauer, Christian ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drivetrain technology; Environmental impacts; Greenhouse gas emissions; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Life cycle costing (LCC); Passenger vehicles; PEM fuel cell

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER; GASOLINE; HYDROGEN; NATURAL GAS; PLATINUM;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CATALYST; COST; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EXHAUST GAS; FUEL CELL VEHICLE; FUTUROLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84946139354     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-015-0986-4     Document Type: Article

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