Life cycle assessment and life cycle costing as supporting tools for EVs lightweight design

Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies

Volumn 52, Issue , 2016, Pages 335-348

  Zanchi, Laura ^a   Delogu, Massimo ^a   Ierides, Marcos ^b   Vasiliadis, Harilaos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Bax Willems Consulting Venturing   (Spain)

Author keywords

Composite; Electric vehicles; Life cycle assessment; Life cycle costing; Lightweight design; Manufacturing

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRASHWORTHINESS; DESIGN; ECODESIGN; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; MANUFACTURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VEHICLES;

ELECTRIC VEHICLES (EVS); INNOVATIVE MANUFACTURING; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE COSTING; LIFECYCLE IMPACTS; LIGHTWEIGHT DESIGN; LIGHTWEIGHT MATERIALS; MANUFACTURABILITY;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84966473506     PISSN: 21903018     EISSN: 21903026     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-32098-4_29     Document Type: Conference Paper

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