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Basics of Fuel Consumption and Exhaust Gas Emissions

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Decreasing Fuel Consumption and Exhaust Gas Emissions in Transportation

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The central topics of the book are fuel consumption and exhaust gas emission saving technologies, monitoring possibilities, infrastructure impacts, administrative and legislative options, and financial and social conditions in transportation.

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Palocz-Andresen, M. (2013). Basics of Fuel Consumption and Exhaust Gas Emissions. In: Decreasing Fuel Consumption and Exhaust Gas Emissions in Transportation. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11976-7_1

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