Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Michael Wicki, Gracia Bruckmann, Thomas Bernauer
Summary: Battery electric vehicles (BEV) are crucial for decarbonising transportation, but their uptake is currently slow due to economic and technical obstacles. Disruptive measures like banning fossil-fuel cars and supply-side interventions could promote rapid technological innovation.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Satish Vitta
Summary: The study analyzed the energy requirements and emissions of electric vehicles, highlighting that the battery assembly process is the main contributor to emissions and indicating that a breakeven is not possible with current manufacturing technologies. It also emphasized the need for significant technological developments in electric vehicles for them to be more environmentally advantageous compared to combustion engine based cars.
SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES
(2021)
Article
Transportation Science & Technology
Milad Ghasri, Akshay Vij
Summary: This study investigates consumers' consideration to adopt AVs, with a focus on the impact of informational cues from different communication channels. Results show that social media sentiment has the highest effect on AV consideration for 90% of the sample, while 3.8% of the sample never consider adopting AVs regardless of the informational cues.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART C-EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
(2021)
Review
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Claudine Badue, Ranik Guidolini, Raphael Vivacqua Carneiro, Pedro Azevedo, Vinicius B. Cardoso, Avelino Forechi, Luan Jesus, Rodrigo Berriel, Thiago M. Paixao, Filipe Mutz, Lucas de Paula Veronese, Thiago Oliveira-Santos, Alberto F. De Souza
Summary: The research survey examined literature on self-driving cars, focusing on the architecture of autonomy system, perception, and decision-making methods. It also provided a detailed description of the autonomy system of the self-driving car developed at the Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo (UFES). Additionally, prominent self-driving car research platforms developed by academia and technology companies were listed.
EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Katarzyna Sobiech-Grabka, Anna Stankowska, Krzysztof Jerzak
Summary: Urban e-mobility is essential for cities and requires social commitment and belief in its advantages. This study aims to predict consumer behavior in terms of willingness to purchase an EV using advanced machine learning methods, specifically the Random Forest algorithm.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Verena Haider, Franz Essl, Klaus Peter Zulka, Stefan Schindler
Summary: Modern agriculture has a negative impact on global biodiversity due to habitat conversion and pollution release. Consumer behavior plays a crucial role in reducing biodiversity losses in the food system. An online survey targeting Austrian consumers revealed opportunities and barriers for more sustainable consumption. The study found that awareness and affinity to conservation are major factors influencing dietary preferences.
Review
Engineering, Biomedical
Xiaohui Wang, Hong Zhang, Xiaohui Chen, Chunrong Wu, Ke Ding, Guiyin Sun, Yang Luo, Debing Xiang
Summary: Various types of nanoparticles are utilized to achieve targeted delivery of anticancer drugs, improve efficacy, and reduce side effects. However, their therapeutic effects are not ideal due to tumor microenvironment abnormalities and nanoparticle properties. This review comprehensively discusses the factors hindering nanoparticle penetration into tumors and describes methods for improving nanoparticle distribution. Furthermore, it critically analyzes the future development of nanodrug delivery in oncology.
ACTA BIOMATERIALIA
(2023)
Article
Economics
Julia Schwab, Christian Soelch, Gregor Zoettl
Summary: This paper analyzes the charging cost of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) under different penetration levels and charging strategies, considering their impact on the electricity sector. The results show that higher BEV penetration leads to lower CO2 emissions, even with limited availability of green electricity. Smarter charging strategies significantly reduce charging costs and CO2 emissions in all scenarios. Furthermore, the charging cost remains comparatively low even for large-scale deployment of BEVs. The Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of BEV adoption depends crucially on the evolution of vehicle purchase prices.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Stephan Sommer, Colin Vance
Summary: This study, based on panel data from Germany, finds that public charging infrastructure has a significant positive impact on the uptake of electric vehicles (EVs), especially in areas with higher population densities. Despite exceeding the EU's recommended minimum ratio of charging points to EVs, inadequate infrastructure coverage remains a constraint on the widespread adoption of EVs. The model estimates support a geographically differentiated targeting of subsidies for charging infrastructure.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Economics
Lucia Rotaris, Marco Giansoldati, Mariangela Scorrano
Summary: The study found that purchase price and driving range are crucial factors in consumers' choices between electric and petrol cars in both Italy and Slovenia, while charging time is not significant. There is a difference in price sensitivity between the two countries, with Italy focusing more on price and Slovenia showing more concern for driving range and fuel economy. Environmental awareness has a positive impact on the choice of electric cars, with Italians being more influenced by it compared to Slovenians.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART A-POLICY AND PRACTICE
(2021)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Mohammad Hasan Nikkhah, Mahdi Samadi, Mohammad Ebrahim Hajiabadi, Hossein Lotfi
Summary: The acceptance of renewable energy and electric vehicle charging stations globally is increasing, leading to changes in network congestion. Congestion management is crucial for network reliability and preventing market power. This paper investigates the impact of wind farms, EVCSs, and demand response on network congestion using an analytical method and structural decomposition. Indices are proposed to evaluate the ability of each item to change congestion under low and peak loads. The method is implemented on the IEEE standard 24-bus network and provides an effective tool for network operators to predict network states due to changes in items.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Daniele Candelaresi, Antonio Valente, Diego Iribarren, Javier Dufour, Giuseppe Spazzafumo
Summary: This study compares the environmental life-cycle performance of different passenger cars fueled by hydrogen, showing that pure hydrogen vehicles are excellent decarbonization solutions, while vehicles using hydrogen mixed with natural gas or gasoline are good opportunities to reduce emissions in the short term.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Jakub Kubiczek, Bartlomiej Hadasik
Summary: The article focuses on market segmentation of electric car models in Poland, identifying similarities and proposing groupings based on characteristics such as performance and overall quality. The market was divided into segments named: Premium, City, Small, and Sport, with classification remaining consistent even when price was included as a variable. This segmentation helps to better understand the structure of the electric car market.
WORLD ELECTRIC VEHICLE JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Economics
Massimiliano Agovino, Aniello Ferraro, Antonio Garofalo
Summary: This study investigates the efficiency of motorists' choices between green cars with low CO2 emissions and non-green cars with high CO2 emissions. A micro-founded model is used to consider the impact of eco-incentives and taxation on CO2 emissions. Data envelopment analysis is then employed on a large database of new cars registered in 2019 to evaluate efficiency. The findings reveal that motorists' optimal choice (green car) does not align with the efficient choice, primarily due to the high price of green cars.
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Donghyun Lee, Soonmin Kwon, Seok-Young Jang, Eunyoung Park, Yeeun Lee, Heebeom Koo
Summary: Photodynamic therapy (PDT) faces challenges in tumor treatment, including drug delivery, light delivery, and tumor microenvironment. Nanoparticles have shown promising potential to overcome these challenges as drug carriers. Various approaches such as physicochemical optimization, ligand modification, and stimuli-responsive release have been explored in experiments, but more research is needed.
BIOACTIVE MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Transportation
Jan-Andre Buehne, Dana Gruschwitz, Jana Hoelscher, Matthias Kloetzke, Ulrike Kugler, Christoph Schimeczek
EUROPEAN TRANSPORT RESEARCH REVIEW
(2015)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ulrike Kummer, Icizef Pacyna, Elisabeth Pacyna, Rainer Friedrich
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
(2009)
Proceedings Paper
Transportation
Heidi Auvinen, Tuuli Jarvi, Matthias Kloetzke, Ulrike Kugler, Jan-Andre Buehne, Felix Heinl, Judith Kurte, Klaus Esser
TRANSPORT RESEARCH ARENA TRA2016
(2016)