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Environmental Assessment of Lightweight Electric Vehicles

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  • © 2017

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Authors:
  1. Patricia Egede

    1. Inst. of Machine Tools and Prod. Techn., TU Braunschweig Inst. of Machine Tools and Prod. Techn., Braunschweig, Germany

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  • Focuses on the energy reduction value of lightweight design
  • Analyses the relevance of regional aspects
  • Presents a comprehensive concept on the environmental assessment of LEVs
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Lightweight Electric Vehicles—A Good Environmental Choice?

    • Patricia Egede
    Pages 1-7

  3. Electric Vehicles, Lightweight Design and Environmental Impacts

    • Patricia Egede
    Pages 9-40

  4. State of Research on the Environmental Assessment of Electric and Lightweight Vehicles

    • Patricia Egede
    Pages 41-58

  5. Concept for the Environmental Assessment of Lightweight Electric Vehicles

    • Patricia Egede
    Pages 59-91

  6. Case Studies on the Comparison of (Lightweight) Electric Vehicles with Conventional and Reference Electric Vehicles

    • Patricia Egede
    Pages 93-119

  7. Summary, Critical Review and Outlook

    • Patricia Egede
    Pages 121-125
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This monograph adresses the challenge of the environmental assessment of leightweight electric vehicles. It poses the question whether the use of lightweight materials in electric vehicles can reduce the vehicles’ environmental impact and compares the environmental performance of a lightweight electric vehicle (LEV) to other types of vehicles. The topical approach focuses on methods from life cycle assessment (LCA), and the book concludes with a comprehensive concept on the environmental assessment of LEVs. The target audience primarily comprises LCA practitioners from research institutes and industry, but it may also be beneficial for graduate students specializing in the field of environmental assessment. 

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  • Inst. of Machine Tools and Prod. Techn., TU Braunschweig Inst. of Machine Tools and Prod. Techn., Braunschweig, Germany

    Patricia Egede

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