Life Cycle Assessment on Electric Cargo Bikes for the Use-Case of Urban Freight Transportation in Ghana

Schünemann, Jaron; Finke, Sebastian; Severengiz, Semih; Schelte, Nora; Gandhi, Smiti

doi:10.1016/j.procir.2022.02.120

Procedia CIRP

2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2022.02.120

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Life Cycle Assessment on Electric Cargo Bikes for the Use-Case of Urban Freight Transportation in Ghana

Jaron Schünemann

Sebastian Finke

Semih Severengiz

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Life Cycle Assessment on Electric Cargo Bikes for the Use-Case of Urban Freight Transportation in Ghana

Cited by 10 publications

References 21 publications

Nonuniformity of Irradiation Distribution on Vehicles' Bodies

Nonuniformity of Irradiation Distribution on Vehicles' Bodies

Alternative prioritization for mitigating urban transportation challenges using a Fermatean fuzzy-based intelligent decision support model

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