Assessment of electrical vehicles as a successful driver for reducing CO2 emissions in China

Applied Energy

Volumn 184, Issue , 2016, Pages 995-1003

  Hofmann, Jana ^a   Guan, Dabo ^a   Chalvatzis, Konstantinos ^a,b   Huo, Hong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; CO2 emissions; Electric vehicles; Electricity generation mix; Input output modelling; Vehicle replacement

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; COAL INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; EMISSION CONTROL; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; VEHICLES;

AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; CHINA; CO2 EMISSION REDUCTION; CO2 EMISSIONS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; GASOLINE PRODUCTION; VEHICLE REPLACEMENTS;

GASOLINE;

AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ELECTRIC VEHICLE; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 84977658582     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.06.042     Document Type: Article

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