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Felix Creutzig et al 2009 Environ. Res. Lett. 4 044011 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/4/4/044011

Economic and environmental evaluation of compressed-air cars

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Felix Creutzig1,2, Andrew Papson3, Lee Schipper4,5 and Daniel M Kammen1,2,6

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