Carbon and energy footprints of electric delivery trucks: A hybrid multi-regional input-output life cycle assessment

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 47, Issue , 2016, Pages 195-207

  Zhao, Yang ^a   Onat, Nuri Cihat ^b   Kucukvar, Murat ^c   Tatari, Omer ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ISTANBUL SEHIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Battery electric trucks; Commercial delivery truck; Multi regional input output analysis; Regional carbon footprint analysis Hybrid life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COMMERCIAL VEHICLES; COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS; CRASHWORTHINESS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; LIFE CYCLE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REGIONAL PLANNING; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SUPPLY CHAINS; TRUCKS;

DELIVERY TRUCKS; ELECTRIC TRUCK; GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS; INPUT OUTPUT ANALYSIS; KEY PARAMETER VARIATIONS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE-CYCLE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; TAILPIPE EMISSION;

BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES;

CARBON FOOTPRINT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC VEHICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; TRUCKING;

EID: 84973879907     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2016.05.014     Document Type: Article

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