Uncertainty-embedded dynamic life cycle sustainability assessment framework: An ex-ante perspective on the impacts of alternative vehicle options

Energy

Volumn 112, Issue , 2016, Pages 715-728

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

^a ISTANBUL SEHIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric vehicles; Life cycle sustainability assessment; Policy making; Sustainable transportation; System dynamics; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES; CRASHWORTHINESS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; ENERGY SECURITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYBRID VEHICLES; LIFE CYCLE; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; PLUG-IN HYBRID VEHICLES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEHICLES;

LIFE CYCLE SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENTS; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; UNCERTAINTY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ELECTRIC VEHICLE; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEALTH IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE; POLICY MAKING; REDUCTION; RESEARCH METHOD; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUSTAINABILITY; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84977262528     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2016.06.129     Document Type: Article

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