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Comparison of the Sustainability and Economic Efficiency of an Electric Car and an Aircraft—A Case Study

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  • Katarzyna Markowska

    (Department of Transport Systems Traffic Engineering and Logistic, Faculty of Transport and Aviation Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland)

  • Agnieszka Sękala

    (Department of Technological Processes Automation and Integrated Manufacturing Systems, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Konarskiego 18A St., 44-100 Gliwice, Poland)

  • Kinga Stecuła

    (Department of Production Engineering, Faculty of Organization and Management, Silesian University of Technology, Roosevelta St., 41-800 Zabrze, Poland)

  • Tomasz Kawka

    (Department of Transport Systems Traffic Engineering and Logistic, Faculty of Transport and Aviation Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland)

  • Kirill Sirovitskiy

    (Agroengineering Department, Sumy National Agrarian University, 40000 Sumy, Ukraine)

  • Oksana Pankova

    (Department of Ecology, Kharkiv National Automobile and Highway University, 61002 Kharkiv, Ukraine)

  • Nataliia Vnukova

    (Department of Ecology, Kharkiv National Automobile and Highway University, 61002 Kharkiv, Ukraine)

  • Mikhail Shulyak

    (Agroengineering Department, Sumy National Agrarian University, 40000 Sumy, Ukraine)

  • Serhii Kharchenko

    (Agroengineering Department, Sumy National Agrarian University, 40000 Sumy, Ukraine)

  • Taras Shchur

    (Department of Cars and Tractors, Faculty of Mechanics, Energy and Information Technology, Lviv National Environmental University, 1 Volodymyr Great, 80381 Dubliany, Ukraine)

  • Ewa Siudyka

    (Management Department, WSB University, Cieplaka 1C, 41-300 Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland)

Abstract

This paper discusses an important issue for today’s mobile world striving for sustainable development, namely ecotourism. The major objective of the study presented in this article was to carry out a comparative analysis of the conventional tourist trip along the Kharkov (Ukraine)–Varna (Bulgaria) route in an electric car and by air transport. The main criteria for comparing two variants of tourist trip were cost price, time, mobility, and incidental cost. The authors used the Pareto method and the shortest distance to the target method. Comparative analysis of the travel options “electric car” and “air transport” by the Pareto method and the method of the shortest distance to the target showed that traveling by electric car is almost one and a half times more profitable than traveling by plane.

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  • Katarzyna Markowska & Agnieszka Sękala & Kinga Stecuła & Tomasz Kawka & Kirill Sirovitskiy & Oksana Pankova & Nataliia Vnukova & Mikhail Shulyak & Serhii Kharchenko & Taras Shchur & Ewa Siudyka, 2023. "Comparison of the Sustainability and Economic Efficiency of an Electric Car and an Aircraft—A Case Study," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(2), pages 1-11, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:15:y:2023:i:2:p:1238-:d:1029991
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