A Review on Energy, Environmental, and Sustainability Implications of Connected and Automated Vehicles
dc.contributor.author | Taiebat, Morteza | |
dc.contributor.author | Brown, Austin | |
dc.contributor.author | Safford, Hannah | |
dc.contributor.author | Qu, Shen | |
dc.contributor.author | Xu, Ming | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-06-04T19:49:32Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-06-04T19:49:32Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-06-04 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Taiebat, M., Bown, A., Safford, H., Qu, S., & Xu, M. (2018). A Review on Energy, Environmental, and Sustainability Implications of Connected and Automated Vehicles. Environmental Science and Technology, 52, 20, 11449–11465. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b00127 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/149443 | |
dc.description.abstract | Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) are poised to reshape transportation and mobility by replacing humans as the driver and service provider. While the primary stated motivation for vehicle automation is to improve safety and convenience of road mobility, this transformation also provides a valuable opportunity to improve vehicle energy efficiency and reduce emissions in the transportation sector. Progress in vehicle efficiency and functionality, however, does not necessarily translate to net positive environmental outcomes. Here, we examine the interactions between CAV technology and the environment at four levels of increasing complexity: vehicle, transportation system, urban system, and society. We find that environmental impacts come from CAV-facilitated transformations at all four levels, rather than from CAV technology directly. We anticipate net positive environmental impacts at the vehicle, transportation system, and urban system levels, but expect greater vehicle utilization and shifts in travel patterns at the society level to offset some of these benefits. Focusing on the vehicle-level improvements associated with CAV technology is likely to yield excessively optimistic estimates of environmental benefits. Future research and policy efforts should strive to clarify the extent and possible synergetic effects from a systems level to envisage and address concerns regarding the short- and long-term sustainable adoption of CAV technology. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | American Chemical Society | en_US |
dc.subject | Autonomous Vehicles | en_US |
dc.subject | Automated Vehicles | en_US |
dc.subject | Self-driving Cars | en_US |
dc.subject | Connected and Automated Vehicles | en_US |
dc.subject | Fuel Economy | en_US |
dc.subject | Sustainable Transportation | en_US |
dc.subject | Mobility | en_US |
dc.subject | Emerging Technologies | en_US |
dc.subject | Vehicle Automation | en_US |
dc.subject | Energy and Environment | en_US |
dc.title | A Review on Energy, Environmental, and Sustainability Implications of Connected and Automated Vehicles | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Natural Resources and Environment | |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | University of Michigan | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | University of California Davis | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/149443/1/EEICAV_Taiebat et al (2018)_Environmental Science & Technology.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1021/acs.est.8b00127 | |
dc.identifier.source | Environmental Science and Technology | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-2797-7458 | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-7106-8390 | en_US |
dc.description.filedescription | Description of EEICAV_Taiebat et al (2018)_Environmental Science & Technology.pdf : Main article | |
dc.identifier.name-orcid | Xu, Ming; 0000-0002-7106-8390 | en_US |
dc.identifier.name-orcid | Taiebat, Morteza; 0000-0002-2797-7458 | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Environment and Sustainability, School for (SEAS/SNRE) |
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