Driving emissions to zero : are the benefits of California's zero emission vehicle program worth the costs? / Lloyd Dixon, Isaac Porche, Jonathan Kulick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dixon, Lloyd S., author.

Porche, Isaac, 1968- author.

Kulick, Jonathan, 1966- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electric vehicles--Government policy--California.

Electric vehicles.

Electric vehicles--Cost effectiveness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (151 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study examines the costs and emission benefits of battery-powered electric vehicles, direct hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, and other advanced technology vehicles, such gasoline hybrid electric vehicles, that manufacturers may use to satisfy California's Zero Emission Vehicle programme.

Contents:

Preface; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. CALIFORNIA'S AIR POLLUTION PROBLEM AND THE ZEV PROGRAM; 2. OZONE REDUCTION PLAN FOR THE SOUTH COAST AIR BASIN; 3. TECHNOLOGIES FOR MEETING ZEV PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS AND PRODUCTION VOLUME ESTIMATES; 4. VEHICLE PRODUCTION AND LIFECYCLE COST; 5. EMISSION BENEFITS OF VEHICLES THAT SATISFY ZEV PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS; 6. COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF ZEVS AND PARTIAL ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES; 7. CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS; Appendix; References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

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Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781598750966

1598750968

OCLC:

191037634