Batteries: Lower cost than gasoline?

Energy Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2465-2468

  Werber, Mathew ^a   Fischer, Michael ^a   Schwartz, Peter V ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric travel; Lifecycle cost; Transportation

Indexed keywords

DRIVING RANGES; ELECTRIC CARS; ELECTRIC TRAVEL; GASOLINE PRICES; HIGH EFFICIENCIES; IS COSTS; LIFECYCLE COST; LOWER COSTS;

FUELING; GASOLINE;

COSTS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; AUTOMOBILE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUEL CONSUMPTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 65549150094     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.02.045     Document Type: Article

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