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Electric Vehicles: A Tentative Economic and Environmental Evaluation

Title
Electric Vehicles: A Tentative Economic and Environmental Evaluation [electronic resource] / Rémy Prud'homme
Author
Prud'homme, Rémy.
Publication
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2010.

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Description
20 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.
Summary
Electric vehicles are often presented as a green solution to the transport problem. They offer, it is argued, the benefits of the private car without its costs. They make it possible for individuals and families to move around easily, rapidly, comfortably, at any moment in time, which makes them more consumer friendly than public modes of transportation. Yet, unlike classical cars, they do not consume scarce and dwindling fossil fuel resources and do not reject greenhouse gases, nor local pollutants....
Series Statement
OECD/ITF Joint Transport Research Centre Discussion Papers, 2070-8270 ; no.2010/22
Uniform Title
OECD/ITF Joint Transport Research Centre Discussion Papers, no.2010/22.
Subject
Transport
LCCN
10.1787/5kgghkp44nkg-en
OCLC
oecd-lib-000960
Author
Prud'homme, Rémy.
Title
Electric Vehicles: A Tentative Economic and Environmental Evaluation [electronic resource] / Rémy Prud'homme
Imprint
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2010.
Series
OECD/ITF Joint Transport Research Centre Discussion Papers, 2070-8270 ; no.2010/22
OECD/ITF Joint Transport Research Centre Discussion Papers, 2070-8270 ; no.2010/22.
Connect to:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5kgghkp44nkg-en
Indexed Term
Transport
Other Standard Identifier
10.1787/5kgghkp44nkg-en doi
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