Electric vehicles: The role and importance of standards in an emerging market

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3797-3806

  Brown, Stephen ^a   Pyke, David ^a   Steenhof, Paul ^a,b  

^a CSA Standards   (Canada)

^b CSA Standards   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electric vehicles; Standards; Vehicle to grid

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION; EMERGING MARKETS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTIC; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION; RAPID GROWTH; SMART GRID;

CHARGING (BATTERIES); ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; PEOPLE MOVERS; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; STANDARDS;

AUTOMOBILES;

INNOVATION; MARKET TRANSITION; STANDARD (REGULATION); SUSTAINABILITY; TRAINING;

EID: 77952382205     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.02.059     Document Type: Article

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