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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464812703321

Titolo

Transitions to alternative vehicles and fuels / / Committee on Transitions to Alternative Vehicles and Fuels, Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : National Academies Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-309-26853-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (395 p.)

Disciplina

629.229

Soggetti

Alternative fuel vehicles

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Select Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""Overview""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Alternative Vehicle Technologies: Status, Potential, and Barriers""; ""3 Alternative Fuels""; ""4 Consumer Attitudes and Barriers""; ""5 Modeling the Transition to Alternative Vehicles and Fuels""; ""6 Policies for Reducing GHG Emissions from and Petroleum Use by Light-Duty Vehicles""; ""7 Policy Options""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Statement of Task""; ""Appendix B: Committee Biographies""; ""Appendix C: Meetings and Presentations""

""Appendix D: Reports on Transportation Greenhouse Gas Emissions Projections to 2050""""Appendix E: Glossary, Conversion Factors, and Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""Appendix F: Vehicles""; ""Appendix G: Fuels""; ""Appendix H: Modeling""