Electric vehicles (EV) are periodically promoted as quiet, pollution-free alternatives  gasoline vehicles. They have failed each time because of inferior performance and high costs. In this paper, we conduct an updated and detailed evaluation of the performance, costs, environmental impacts,...

Alternative vehicular fuels are proposed as a strategy to reduce urban air pollution. In this paper, we analyze the emission Impacts of electric vehicles in California for two target years, 1995 and 2010. We consider a range of assumptions regarding electricity consumption of electric vehicles,...

The search for petroleum alternatives is not new. Ever since the turn of the century, when petroleum became the dominant transportation fuel, authoritative sources have warned occasionally of impending oil shortages (1, 2). When oil prices rose or oil depletion seemed imminent, interest and...

--We analyze the impact of the use of electric vehicles (EVs) energy consumption in general and petroleum consumption in particular. The analysis is conducted for sub-compact cars, small vans, and large vans for the years 1995 and 2010. We compare per-mile primary energy consumption of EVs and...

High octane gasolines, includang "premium" and midgrade, steadily gained market share in the United States during the 1980s, increasing from 12% of the total gasohne market in 1983 to 15% in 1985 and 30% in 1989. This 18% increase in market share represents an aggregate revenue transfer from...

The neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV) is a small, electric car designed for low-speed, local trips in neighborhoods and urban areas. The market potenttal for NEVs depends m part on the availability of a network of safe and accessible roads The processes revolved in developing new...

This report explores the incentives currently available for the production, sale, and use of neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs), and suggests other incentives that could be implemented. NEV incentives are needed because the use of NEVs on a large scale would provide significant air quality...

A recent US DOT plan grading IVHS research correctly notes that, "Over the next 20 years, a national IVHS program could have a greater societal Impact than even the Interstate Highway System " But what will those impacts be? What could they be?The primary thrust of current IVHS initiatives to...

Most cars carry one person and are used for less than 1 hour per day. A more economically rational approach would be to use vehicles more intensively. Carsharing, in which a group of people pays a subscirption plus a per-use fee, is one means of doing so. Carshanng may be orgarazed through...

Most automobiles carry one person and are used for less than one hour per day. A more economically rational approach would be to use vehlcles more intenslvely. Carsharing, in which people pay a subscnption plus a per-use fee, Is one means of doing so. Carsharing may be organlzed through affinity...