IMPACT OF FUTURE USE OF ELECTRIC CARS IN THE LOS ANGELES REGION: VOLUME III. TASK REPORTS ON IMPACT AND USAGE ANALYSIS

Volume 3 of a three volume report on possible impacts due to various levels of urban electric car use describes the DIFKIN computer model and linear rollback for analyzing future air quality in the South Coast Air Basin, forecasts stationary and vehicular pollutant emissions with and without electric cars, analyzes possible reductions of community noise from electric car use, projects life cycle costs of alternative electric cars in comparison with conventional cars as well as changes in employment and payroll in industry segments impacted by electric cars, and analyzes 1967 data to determine distributions of daily driving.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper copy also available in set of 3 reports as PB-238 876-SET, PC$24.00.
• Corporate Authors:

  General Research Corporation

  Operations Analysis Division, Westgate Research Park
  McLean, VA  United States  22101

  Environmental Protection Agency

  Alternative Automotive Power Systems Division
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States 
• Authors:
  • Hamilton, W F
  • Cattani, J A
  • Eisenhut, J C
  • Markovich, F J
  • Martinez, J R
• Publication Date: 1974-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 447 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Analysis; Automobile repair shops; Computer programs; Costs; Economic impacts; Electric automobiles; Energy; Evaluation; Exhaust gases; Feasibility analysis; Forecasting; Incentives; Materials; Regional planning; Reviews; Traffic models; Urban transportation; Utilization
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis
• Geographic Terms: California
• Old TRIS Terms: Computer aided evaluation; Repair shops
• Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Materials; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00091162
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: EPA-68-01-2103
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 26 1982 12:00AM