Purpose: discuss actual application value of the diffusion theory in massive electric vehicle charging load; Method: introduce single vehicle charging process, extend it to charging process of two and multiple electric vehicles, abstract physical process of parallel charging of electric vehicles, introduce energy block concept and diffusion theory, and establish diffusion charging model of elec...

In this paper, we analyze the emissions caused by private gasoline vehicles based on a random sample of 950 vehicles. Different types of pollutants; carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrocarbon (HC) were analyzed based on the Jordanian emission standards with special reference to three different vehicles' manufacturing countries; namely: Korea, Japan and Germany. The analysis resu...

This study performed a preliminary analysis of the cumulative on-road safety record of selfdriving vehicles for three of the ten companies that are currently approved for such vehicle testing in California (Google, Delphi, and Audi). The analysis compared the safety record of these vehicles with the safety record of all conventional vehicles in the U.S. for 2013 (adjusted for underreporting of ...

Although there have been several studies examining emissions of criteria pollutants from in-use alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs), little is known about emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) from these vehicles. This paper explores HAP tailpipe emissions from a variety of AFVs operating in the federal government fleet and compares these emissions to emissions from identical vehicles opera...

Electric vehicles are considered the automobile technology in the future. However, consumers are not willing to purchase electric vehicles in China. Thus, it is necessary to analyze key factors influencing the willingness to purchase electric vehicles. This paper applies the chi-square test and a binary logistic regression model based on the questionnaires of 1057 Chinese online consumers. The ...

Three trends have shown significant impact in recent years: (1) The Internet of Things (Wortmann and Flüchter 2015) has become an enabler for a connected world full of smart objects equipped with sensors and supplies enormous and still rising amounts of (2) Big Data (Schönberger and Cukier 2013), which can be analyzed and then turned into business value in various areas, including (3) the Quant...

OBJECTIVE To examine parental decisions about vehicles driven by teenagers and parental knowledge of vehicle safety. METHODS About 300 parents were interviewed during spring 2006 in Minnesota, North Carolina, and Rhode Island while teenagers took their first on-road driving tests. RESULTS Fewer than half of parents surveyed said teenagers would be the primary drivers of the chosen vehicles....

There are numerous exciting benefits of autonomous vehicles, which are very much at the frontier of development of vehicular technology. The level of cyber security provided by autonomous vehicles is, however, less well understood. Cyberattacks against autonomous vehicles could have grave implications for safety, privacy, reputation of manufacturers, and public perception. We examine the threat...

end of life vehicles, cause serious environmental impact owing to present end of life treatment practice and abandonment in the nature. the enormous volume of vehicle waste and accompanying environmental impacts encourage seeking an environmentally effective policy solution to control the problem of end- of – life vehicle. this research attempt to explore and discuss the determinant factors, wh...