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A fixed-point approach to equilibrium pricing in differentiated product markets. $49.99 The use of passenger cars in the U.S. is widely recognized as a primary source of greenhouse gas emissions. Among other concerns related to transportation energy usage, these emissions have motivated policy makers to reform regulatory policies that impact the design and pricing behavior of automotive firms. However many prominent analyses supporting these reforms neglect aspects of imperfect competition that many economists have come to recognize in the automotive industry, particularly Bertrand competition. Understanding the impacts of alternative regulatory policies accounting for imperfectly competitive behavior may improve policy makers’ decisions regarding regulatory policy, as well as firms’ abilities to profitably respond to the policies chosen. Examining and exploiting this potential first requires further development of the theory of Bertrand competition.;This dissertation makes three contributions the application of Bertrand competition in regulated differentiated product markets. We focus on the classes of Logit and Mixed Logit Discrete Choice Random Utility Models of consumer demand and avoid assumptions on the number or type of products offered by different firms. Our first contribution is a proof of the existence of unregulated equilibrium prices for Logit models using a new fixed-point equation equivalent to the first-order necessary condition for equilibrium, minimal assumptions on the utility specification, and mathematical tools from differential topology. This fixed-point equation is then generalized to the class of Mixed Logit models, one of the most flexible and popular empirical forms for representing consumer demand, under a weak hypothesis on the utility specification and mixing distribution. Several numerical approaches based on fixed-point characterizations of stationarity are demonstrated to be efficient and reliable methods for the computation of unregulated equilibrium prices in large-scale and complex differentiated product markets.

A fixed-point approach to equilibrium pricing in differentiated product markets. $49.99 The use of passenger cars in the U.S. is widely recognized as a primary source of greenhouse gas emissions. Among other concerns related to transportation energy usage, these emissions have motivated policy makers to reform regulatory policies that impact the design and pricing behavior of automotive firms. However many prominent analyses supporting these reforms neglect aspects of imperfect competition that many economists have come to recognize in the automotive industry, particularly Bertrand competition. Understanding the impacts of alternative regulatory policies accounting for imperfectly competitive behavior may improve policy makers’ decisions regarding regulatory policy, as well as firms’ abilities to profitably respond to the policies chosen. Examining and exploiting this potential first requires further development of the theory of Bertrand competition.;This dissertation makes three contributions the application of Bertrand competition in regulated differentiated product markets. We focus on the classes of Logit and Mixed Logit Discrete Choice Random Utility Models of consumer demand and avoid assumptions on the number or type of products offered by different firms. Our first contribution is a proof of the existence of unregulated equilibrium prices for Logit models using a new fixed-point equation equivalent to the first-order necessary condition for equilibrium, minimal assumptions on the utility specification, and mathematical tools from differential topology. This fixed-point equation is then generalized to the class of Mixed Logit models, one of the most flexible and popular empirical forms for representing consumer demand, under a weak hypothesis on the utility specification and mixing distribution. Several numerical approaches based on fixed-point characterizations of stationarity are demonstrated to be efficient and reliable methods for the computation of unregulated equilibrium prices in large-scale and complex differentiated product markets.

ACEEE’s Green Book: The Environmental Guide to Cars and Trucks, Model Year 2003 $1.99 John DeCicco, James Kliesch,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy

Advanced Microsystems for Automotive Applications 2010: Smart Systems for Green Cars and Safe Mobility $192.31 Used – The automobile of the future has to meet two primary requirements: the super-efficient use of energy and power and the ultra-safe transportation of people and goods. Both features are increasingly enabled by smart, adaptive and context aware information and communication technologies (ICT), electrical or electronic components and systems rather than solely by the mechanical means of classic automotive engineering. The most advanced example of this trend is the electrified vehicle combinin

Advanced Microsystems for Automotive Applications 2010: Smart Systems for Green Cars and Safe Mobility $192.31 New – The automobile of the future has to meet two primary requirements: the super-efficient use of energy and power and the ultra-safe transportation of people and goods. Both features are increasingly enabled by smart, adaptive and context aware information and communication technologies (ICT), electrical or electronic components and systems rather than solely by the mechanical means of classic automotive engineering. The most advanced example of this trend is the electrified vehicle combining

Advanced Microsystems for Automotive Applications 2010: Smart Systems for Green Cars and Safe Mobility $190.73 The automobile of the future has to meet two primary requirements: the super-efficient use of energy and power and the ultra-safe transportation of people and goods Both features are increasingly enabled by smart, adaptive and context aware information and communication technologies (ICT), electrical or electronic components and systems rather than solely by the mechanical means of classic automotive engineering. The most advanced example of this trend is the electrified vehicle combining a full electric powertrain with completely electronic controls like smart power and energy managers, steer-by-wire technologies and intelligent networking capabilities.It has been the mission of the International Forum on Advanced Microsystems for Automotive Applications (AMAA) for more than twelve years now to detect paradigm shifts and to discuss their technological implications at an early stage. Therefore, the topic of the AMAA 2010 is “Smart Systems for Green Cars and Safe Mobility”. This book contains peer-reviewed conference papers presented at the conference by experts of major companies and leading academic institutions. They report on ongoing research and novel developments in the field of ICT, components and systems enabling the automobile and road transport of the future. A particular focus is on basic technologies and advanced applications of electrified and electric vehicles, road and passenger safety, driver assistance, traffic management and powertrain efficiency. Due to this broad coverage of topics related to sustainability of the automobile both the AMAA event and this book serve the spreading of knowledge generated in the framework of the European Green Cars Initiative. Additional information is available on www.amaa.de.

Biofuel in Brazil: Ethanol Fuel in Brazil $11.2 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ethanol Fuel in Brazil, History of Ethanol Fuel in Brazil. Excerpt: Six typical Brazilian flex-fuel models from several car makers, popularly called “flex” cars, that run on any blend of hydrous ethanol (E100) and gasoline (E20 to E25). Brazil is the world’s second largest producer of ethanol fuel and the world’s largest exporter. Together, Brazil and the United States lead the industrial production of ethanol fuel, accounting together for 89 % of the world’s production in 2009. In 2009 Brazil produced 24.9 billion litres (6.57 billion U.S. liquid gallons ), representing 37.7 % of the world’s total ethanol used as fuel. Brazil is considered to have the world’s first sustainable biofuels economy and the biofuel industry leader, a policy model for other countries; and its sugarcane ethanol ” the most successful alternative fuel to date. ” However, some authors consider that the successful Brazilian ethanol model is sustainable only in Brazil due to its advanced agri-industrial technology and its enormous amount of arable land available; while for other authors it is a solution only for some countries in the tropical zone of Latin America , the Caribbean , and Africa . Brazil has ethanol fuel available throughout the country. Shown here a typical Petrobras gas station at São Paulo with dual fuel service, marked A for alcohol (ethanol) and G for gasoline. Brazil s 30-year-old ethanol fuel program is based on the most efficient agricultural technology for sugarcane cultivation in the world, uses modern equipment and cheap sugar cane as feedstock, the residual cane-waste (bagasse ) is used to process heat and power, which results in a very competitive price and also in a high energy balance (output energy/input energy), which varies from 8.3 for average conditions to

Companies Based in San Carlos, California: Tesla Motors $9.62 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: JB Straubel (Co-founder, Chief Technical Officer)Deepak Ahuja (Chief Financial Officer)Franz von Holzhausen (Chief Designer) (Vice President of North American SalesCristiano Carlutti (Vice President of European Sales and OperationsGilbert Passin (Vice President of ManufacturingDiarmuid O’Connell (Vice President of Business Development)Peter Rawlinson (Vice President of Engineering)br / Ricardo Reyes (Vice President of Communications)Martin Eberhard (co-founder)Marc Tarpenning(co-founder) Ian Wright (co-founder) Tesla Motors Inc. is a Silicon Valley-based company that engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of electric vehicles (EVs) and electric vehicle power train components. It is currently the only automaker building and selling highway-capable EVs in serial production (as opposed to prototype or evaluation fleet production) in North America or Europe. According to recent paperwork filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Tesla produces at least 15 cars per weekmostly of custom-ordered vehicles manufactured to owners’ specifications. The Tesla Roadster, the company’s first vehicle, is the first production automobile to use lithium-ion battery cells and the first production EV with a range greater than 200 miles (320 km) per charge. The base model accelerates 060 mph (97 km/h) in 3.9 seconds and, according to Tesla Motor’s environmental analysis, is twice as energy-efficient as the Toyota Prius. The company had produced its 1,000th Roadster as of January 2010. The company has delivered Roadsters in 43 states and 21 countries as of February 2010. Tesla began producing right-hand-drive Roadsters in early 2010 for the UK and Ireland markets, and the company is widely anticipated to begin right-hand-drive deliveries in Austra… More:

Cool Green Stuff: A Guide to Finding Great Recycled, Sustainable, Renewable Objects You Will Love $14.95 From imaginative recycling to energy-efficient cars, living green is suddenly the in thing. According to Australian author and Internet junkie Dave Evans, being environmentally responsible doesn’t necessitate the sacrifice of style. To prove his point, he clues in readers to 250 new products for green consumers who want to be chic. A treasure trove of bright ideas for saving our sole surviving planet.

Electric Cars $32.6 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Lunar Rover, Electric Car, General Motors Ev1, Ford Focus, Nissan Leaf, Aptera 2 Series, Mini E, Cambridge University Eco Racing, Byd E6, Squba, Citroën C-Zero, Pininfarina B0, Lunar Electric Rover, Scottish Aviation Scamp, Zap-X, Gurgel Itaipu. Excerpt: The Aptera 2 Series (formerly the Aptera Typ-1) is a upcoming high-efficiency passenger three-wheeled automobile produced by Aptera Motors . The California-based company is currently allowing residents of California to pre-order the car, which is in the final stages of the design process. The first variant of the 2 Series slated for production is the Aptera 2e (formerly Typ-1e), a battery electric vehicle . Aptera claims the 2e will accelerate from 0 to 60 mph (0 to 97 km/h) in less than 10 seconds, and be capable of reaching a top speed of over 85 mph (137 km/h). A later variant will be the Aptera 2h (formerly Typ-1h), a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. According to Aptera, the 2 Series will be priced from the mid- $ 20,000s to mid- $40,000s, depending on the variant and options selected by the buyer. An Aptera 2 made a quick appearance in the 2009 film Star Trek .History Main article: Aptera Motors Design and fuel consumption The Aptera 2 Series is expected to be a low-energy vehicle ; early estimates of its energy consumption ran as low as 80 watt-hours/mi at 55 mph. Later estimates are as high as 200Wh for aggressive driving. The company stated in September 2009 that “if Aptera was given an official EPA rating , it would be 851 mpg”, suggesting that it is 2.2 times more efficient than Nissan Leaf . The Aptera 2 Series has a drag coefficient (Cd) of 0.15, compared with 0.19 for the record-holding EV1 , and 0.24 for the 2010 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupé, currently the lowest for a mass-produced car. The

Electric Sports Car Manufacturers: Tesla Motors, Fisker Automotive, Venturi Automobiles, Coda Automotive, Lightning Car Company $10.18 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: JB Straubel (Co-founder, Chief Technical Officer)Deepak Ahuja (Chief Financial Officer)Franz von Holzhausen (Chief Designer) (Vice President of North American SalesCristiano Carlutti (Vice President of European Sales and OperationsGilbert Passin (Vice President of ManufacturingDiarmuid O’Connell (Vice President of Business Development)Peter Rawlinson (Vice President of Engineering)br / Ricardo Reyes (Vice President of Communications)Martin Eberhard (co-founder)Marc Tarpenning(co-founder) Ian Wright (co-founder)Tesla Motors Inc. is a Silicon Valley-based company that engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of electric vehicles (EVs) and electric vehicle power train components. It is currently the only automaker building and selling highway-capable EVs in serial production (as opposed to prototype or evaluation fleet production) in North America or Europe. According to recent paperwork filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Tesla produces at least 15 cars per weekmostly of custom-ordered vehicles manufactured to owners’ specifications. The Tesla Roadster, the company’s first vehicle, is the first production automobile to use lithium-ion battery cells and the first production EV with a range greater than 200 miles (320 km) per charge. The base model accelerates 060 mph (97 km/h) in 3.9 seconds and, according to Tesla Motor’s environmental analysis, is twice as energy-efficient as the Toyota Prius. The company had produced its 1,000th Roadster as of January 2010. The company has delivered Roadsters in 43 states and 21 countries as of February 2010. Tesla began producing right-hand-drive Roadsters in early 2010 for the UK and Ireland markets, and the company is widely anticipated to begin right-hand-drive deliveries in Austral… More:

Freight Rail Transport $46.67 New – A freight train or goods train is a group of freight cars or goods wagons hauled by a locomotive on a railway, ultimately transporting cargo between two points as part of the logistics chain. Trains may haul bulk, intermodal containers or specialized cars.Under the right circumstances, freight transport by rail is more economic and energy efficient than by road, especially when carried in bulk or over long distances. Rail freight is often subject to transshipment costs since it must be tra

Freight Rail Transport $45.99 A freight train or goods train is a group of freight cars or goods wagons hauled by a locomotive on a railway, ultimately transporting cargo between two points as part of the logistics chain. Trains may haul bulk, intermodal containers or specialized cars.Under the right circumstances, freight transport by rail is more economic and energy efficient than by road, especially when carried in bulk or over long distances. Rail freight is often subject to transshipment costs since it must be transferred from one mode to another in the chain; these costs may dominate and practices such as containerization aim at minimizing these. Bulk is less susceptible, with distances down to thirty kilometers sufficient to cover transshipment costs. Freight trains are less flexible than road transport, and much freight has been transferred from rail to road or sea.

Freight Rail Transport $46.67 Used – A freight train or goods train is a group of freight cars or goods wagons hauled by a locomotive on a railway, ultimately transporting cargo between two points as part of the logistics chain. Trains may haul bulk, intermodal containers or specialized cars.Under the right circumstances, freight transport by rail is more economic and energy efficient than by road, especially when carried in bulk or over long distances. Rail freight is often subject to transshipment costs since it must be tr

Improving the Nation’s Energy Security: Can Cars and Trucks Be Made More Fuel Efficient?: Hearing Before the Committee on Science $24.63 Used – Original publisher: Washington: U.S. G.P.O.: For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2005. LC Number: KF27 .S39 2005f OCLC Number: (OCoLC)62501698 Subject: Energy conservation — United States. Excerpt: …11 in the marketplace, a classic market failure that cries out for cor-rective government action. But the government has not risen to the task, and we are all in greater danger as a result. We have a very distinguished and balanced panel of experts be-fore us. I am especially grati

Improving the Nation’s Energy Security: Can Cars and Trucks Be Made More Fuel Efficient?: Hearing Before the Committee on Science $24.63 New – Original publisher: Washington: U.S. G.P.O.: For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2005. LC Number: KF27 .S39 2005f OCLC Number: (OCoLC)62501698 Subject: Energy conservation — United States. Excerpt: …11 in the marketplace, a classic market failure that cries out for cor-rective government action. But the government has not risen to the task, and we are all in greater danger as a result. We have a very distinguished and balanced panel of experts be-fore us. I am especially gratif

Improving the Nation’s Energy Security: Can cars and trucks be made more fuel Efficient? $23 United States. Congress. House.,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by General Books LLC

Increasing railway efficiency and capacity through improved operations, control and planning. $49.99 The focus of my dissertation is to increase railway efficiency and capacity through improved operations, control and planning. Various analyses based on operations research techniques, and capacity analysis methodologies were conducted for optimizing the aerodynamic efficiency of intermodal freight trains and railway capacity planning.;Intermodal freight recently surpassed coal to become the largest segment in terms of revenue for US freight railroads. However, intermodal trains are the least fuel efficient trains due to the physical constraints imposed by the combination of loads and the railcar design. Ironically, they are typically the fastest freight trains operated. This calls for investigation of the aerodynamic effects and options to improve aerodynamic efficiency that have important economic and environmental implications for this segment of rail freight traffic.;In chapter 2, I investigate basic options for improving the energy efficiency of intermodal trains. It is concluded that slot utilization, slot efficiency, and filling empty slots all have beneficial effects. In addition, a train can be more efficiently operated if loads are assigned not only based on slot utilization but also better matching of intermodal loads with cars, which we term “slot efficiency”. I then present an IP model (Aerodynamic Loading Assignment Model (ALAM)) that incorporates the aerodynamic characteristics to enable optimization of the loading patterns to maximize fuel efficiency (chapter 3). Several policy recommendations regarding railway intermodal operations are also developed in chapter 3 based on a series of scenario analyses. The potential annual savings in fuel consumption through use of ALAM by one large railroad on one of its major intermodal routes is estimated to be approximately 15 million gallons with a corresponding value in 2007 of 29 million dollars.;ALAM was further developed to optimize multiple trains simultaneously if advance information about outgoing

Increasing railway efficiency and capacity through improved operations, control and planning. $49.99 The focus of my dissertation is to increase railway efficiency and capacity through improved operations, control and planning. Various analyses based on operations research techniques, and capacity analysis methodologies were conducted for optimizing the aerodynamic efficiency of intermodal freight trains and railway capacity planning.;Intermodal freight recently surpassed coal to become the largest segment in terms of revenue for US freight railroads. However, intermodal trains are the least fuel efficient trains due to the physical constraints imposed by the combination of loads and the railcar design. Ironically, they are typically the fastest freight trains operated. This calls for investigation of the aerodynamic effects and options to improve aerodynamic efficiency that have important economic and environmental implications for this segment of rail freight traffic.;In chapter 2, I investigate basic options for improving the energy efficiency of intermodal trains. It is concluded that slot utilization, slot efficiency, and filling empty slots all have beneficial effects. In addition, a train can be more efficiently operated if loads are assigned not only based on slot utilization but also better matching of intermodal loads with cars, which we term “slot efficiency”. I then present an IP model (Aerodynamic Loading Assignment Model (ALAM)) that incorporates the aerodynamic characteristics to enable optimization of the loading patterns to maximize fuel efficiency (chapter 3). Several policy recommendations regarding railway intermodal operations are also developed in chapter 3 based on a series of scenario analyses. The potential annual savings in fuel consumption through use of ALAM by one large railroad on one of its major intermodal routes is estimated to be approximately 15 million gallons with a corresponding value in 2007 of 29 million dollars.;ALAM was further developed to optimize multiple trains simultaneously if advance information about outgoing

Integer Program Optimization of Coach Assignment Within a Complex Network. $78.87 Used – In these days of increasing traffic congestion, increasing energy prices, and decreasing transportation funding it is imperative that efficient, alternate transportation be maintained. It is therefore the goal of this thesis to propose an Integer Program model for optimizing train consists (the number of cars assigned to a particular passenger train) to lower the operational costs while still meeting demand. Further benefits are the increased utilization of the existing car fleet of the s