The transition to electric bikes in China: History and key reasons for rapid growth

Transportation

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 301-318

  Weinert, Jonathan ^a   Ma, Chaktan ^b   Cherry, Christopher ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; E bike; Electric bicycle; Electric scooter; Two wheel vehicle

Indexed keywords

CHINA; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; PUBLIC POLICY; SALES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ELECTRIC BICYCLE; ELECTRIC SCOOTER; TWO-WHEEL VEHICLE;

BICYCLES;

TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION MODE; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34248200975     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-007-9118-8     Document Type: Article

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