A coherent life cycle assessment of a range of lightweighting strategies for compact vehicles
- Submitting institution
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Oxford Brookes University
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 185748778
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.05.100
- Title of journal
- Journal of Cleaner Production
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- First page
- 1168
- Volume
- 108
- Issue
- Part A
- ISSN
- 0959-6526
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- June
- Year of publication
- 2015
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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3
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- Future low carbon vehicles will exploit multi-material concepts with mass-optimised design approaches and electric drivetrains. However, whole life-cycle approaches are required to quantify and fully appreciate the environmental impacts of different design concepts. We interrogated these in an 8-university EPSRC TARF-LCV project (Ref EP/1038616/1) using detailed GaBi models for 36 different scenarios. The results informed further work by the project partners. Aluminium emerged as the best choice but it was clear that the powertrain, and grid assumptions, have the greatest impact. Subsequent research has examined future grid composition scenarios, providing compelling evidence to support the adoption of electric vehicles.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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