The aim of this thesis was to explore if, and then how, electric cars and buses can contribute to sustainable personal mobility. Electric vehicles have increasingly been seen as a potential sustainable solution for the transport sector due to their high energy efficiency, close to zero emissions in the use phase, and the possibility [...]
On October 18, at 09:30, Sven Borén defended his PhD thesis "Towards sustainable personal mobility with electric cars and buses" at Blekinge Institute of Technology in Karlskrona, Sweden. Dr. Maria Grahn, Chalmers University of Technology was the opponent, and Dr. Jan Persson, Malmö University, Prof. Sonia Yeh (Chairman), Chalmers University of Technology, and Dr. Anders Wretstrand, Lund [...]
An updated English report from the SustainTrans team shows how Sweden might show global leadership in the decarbonization of the personal transport sector. The IPCC Special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C released in October 2018 reiterates the urgency of the need to decarbonize all aspects of global society. The research conducted [...]