The adoption of cleaner vehicles in the UK: exploring the consumer attitude-action gap

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 15, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 1085-1092

  Lane, Ben ^a   Potter, Stephen ^b  

^a Ecolane Transport Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adoption; Attitude action gap; Consumer attitudes; Fuel efficient; Low carbon; Passenger cars

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COSTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ADOPTION; ATTITUDE-ACTION GAP; CONSUMER ATTITUDES;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE;

EID: 33847734002     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2006.05.026     Document Type: Article

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