Symbolism and the adoption of fuel-cell vehicles

World Electric Vehicle Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-31

  Heffner, Reid R ^a   Kurani, Kenneth S ^a   Turrentine, Thomas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuel cell vehicles; Hybrid electric vehicles; Market analysis; Marketing

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; FUEL CELLS; MARKETING; SALES;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; EARLY BUYERS; FUEL CELL VEHICLES; HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES (HEVS); MARKET ANALYSIS; PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

HYBRID VEHICLES;

EID: 77956398591     PISSN: 20326653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/wevj1010024     Document Type: Article

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