Effect of plug in hybrid electric vehicle adoption on gas tax revenue, local pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions

<p>Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) are likely to increase in popularity in the near future. However, the environmental benefits of PHEVs involve tradeoffs between the benefits of reduced tailpipe emissions against the drawbacks of increased emissions at marginal electric generation plants and reduced gasoline tax income. In this report, a model is developed that will enable these tradeoffs to be studied. The model accounts for local commuting patterns and marginal electric generation in New Jersey. The result allows the effect of PHEV adoption on gasoline tax, CO2, NOx and SOx to be predicted on a county level. Sample calculations are presented.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Mechanical Engineering

Year dc:date.available

2016

Author dc:creator

• McCall, Neil

Contributors dc:contributor

• Riddell, William
• Bhatia, Krishan
• Bhavsar, Parth

• Electric Vehicle
• Emissions
• PHEV
• Hybrid electric vehicles; Greenhouse gases; Air--Pollution
• Mechanical Engineering

Repository record dc:identifier

https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/590

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:rdw.rowan.edu:etd-1590