Refueling availability for alternative fuel vehicle markets: Sufficient urban station coverage

Energy Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3233-3241

  Melaina, Marc ^a   Bremson, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative fuel; Gasoline stations; Refueling availability

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AIR TRANSPORTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ENERGY RESOURCES; ESTIMATION; FUELS; LIQUID FUELS; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; POLLUTION; PUBLIC POLICY; RADAR STATIONS; REGIONAL PLANNING; SYNTHETIC FUELS; TECHNOLOGY; VEHICLES;

(+ MOD 2N) OPERATION; (R ,S ,S) POLICY; ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES; ELSEVIER (CO); ENERGY SECURITY; REFUELING STATIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TRANSPORTATION SERVICES; URBAN AIR POLLUTION; URBAN AREAS; URBAN STATIONS; VEHICLE MARKETS;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ALTERNATIVE FUEL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCIALIZATION; POLICY ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 57649097838     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.04.025     Document Type: Article

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