A follow-up and conclusive report on the attitude towards hydrogen fuel cell buses in the CUTE project-From passengers in Stockholm to bus operators in Europe

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 4295-4305

  Saxe, M ^a   Folkesson, A ^a   Alvfors, P ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Attitude; Buses; CUTE; Fuel cell; Hydrogen

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; FUEL CELLS; RELIABILITY; SURVEYS;

HYDROGEN ENERGY; HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION SHARING;

HYDROGEN FUELS;

EID: 36549011685     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2007.07.050     Document Type: Article

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