Moscow has fallen behind the world’s push for alternative fuel development, due to a nearly ubiquitous use of gasoline vehicles. Our project seeks to determine the most economically feasible alternative fuel for Moscow’s present and future vehicle economy. To accomplish this goal we conducted a life-cycle cost analysis on three vehicles selected to represent the Moscow consumer’s buying preferences. We concluded that, at present, electric vehicles are non-viable in Moscow, while natural gas powered vehicles are practical, economical, sustainable, and take advantage of both the existing infrastructure and Russia’s enormous natural gas reserves.

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Creator

• Therrien, Bryan R.
• Wiles, Jeremy Nathan
• Donaldson, Peter F.
• Njilabu, Deborah Kalambayi

Subject

• Environment
• Sustainability
• Industry
• Infrastructure

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-101017-173418

Keyword

• Sustainability
• Energy conservation
• Transportation

Advisor

• Nikitina, Svetlana

Year

• 2017

Center

• Moscow, Russia Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
• Ilyinsky, Alexander

Date created

• 2017-10-10

Location

• Moscow

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright