Integrated environmental and economic assessment of current and future fuel cell vehicles

• Main Authors: Hofer, Johannes (Author), Bauer, Christian (Author), Miotti, Marco Alexander (Contributor)
• Other Authors: MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (Contributor)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2016-10-21T17:32:34Z.
• Subjects: Article
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Light-duty vehicles contribute considerably to global greenhouse gas emissions. Fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) may play a key role in mitigating these emissions without facing the same limitations in range and refueling time as battery electric vehicles (BEVs). In this study, we assess the environmental impacts and costs of a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell system (FCS) for use in light-duty FCVs and integrate these results into a comparative evaluation between FCVs, BEVs, and internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs).
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