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Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2023 In developing countries, scooters and motorcycles are widely used for daily transportation, which emit a huge NOx, HC, CO, particle matter emissions, causing serious pollution as well as heath issues, such as coughs, itchy or burning eyes, and ...
Pingbao Wang +3 more
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Are electric scooters promoted on social media with safety in mind? A case study on Bird's Instagram
Preventive Medicine Reports, 2019 Electric scooter (e-scooter) companies are growing in popularity across the United States looking to take advantage of the rideshare economy by providing an independent alternative to cars and bicycles.
Jon-Patrick Allem, Anuja Majmundar
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Electric scooters: batteries in the battle against ambient air pollution?
The Lancet Planetary Health, 2017 Ambient air pollution is a major global health threat, responsible for an estimated loss of 103 million disability-adjusted life-years in 2015,1GBD 2015 Risk Factor CollaboratorsGlobal, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic ...
Job F. M. van Boven +3 more
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Sunday Drivers, or Too Fast and Too Furious?
Findings, 2019 The recent influx of electric scooters (e-scooters) has left cities scrambling to answer how to best to regulate them. To help inform policymaking, we studied e-scooter riding behavior through observations of speed and rider distractions.
Juan Francisco (Frank) Arellano +1 more
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Electric scooters: impact on mobility in the city [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesThis article examines the impact of electric scooters on mobility in the city in terms of changing the time spent on transfer from home to work. To determine how much the time spent on transfer from home to work will change when changing the previously ...
Shvetsova Svetlana
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Journal of Urban Mobility, 2023 Electric scooter sharing systems have emerged as an innovative short distance transport mode. Since these systems are dockless, they require collection for maintenance and charging, as well as rebalancing operations citywide, justifying the need for an ...
Ana Filipa Reis +2 more
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Retrofitting of Existing Scooter into Hybrid Electric Scooter
, 2019 In India, the usage of two-wheelers for daily activities is high. Thus, consumption of petrol is on the rise. If the spending of a country is considered then 80−90% spending is done to pay import bills on petroleum products, which are counted as the country’s expenditure.
Najmuddin Jamadar +5 more
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The Degradation of Access‐Based Business Models: Customer Misbehavior and Shared Mobility
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Access‐based services are considered one of the strategies to embed sustainability in business models. Yet, because the evolution of these business models has been overlooked, we do not know whether their promise to create triple value is sustained.
Andres Camacho, Carmen Valor
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Directional antenna design for wireless power transfer system in electric scooters
Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2016 This article presents a cost-effective antenna design for wireless power transfer in electric scooters. The proposed design can be applied to any commercial 48 V/20 Ah electric scooter.
Jia-Shiun Tsai +3 more
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Navigating the Double Edge of Product‐Service Systems: User Behavior, Adoption, and Rebound Effects
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Product‐service systems (PSS) have been considered a promising approach to operationalizing the circular economy. Although many studies have outlined the potential sustainability gains of PSS solutions, it is still unclear what factors drive PSS adoption and how behavioral changes result in rebound effects, undermining their potential ...
Marina Fernandes Aguiar +3 more
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