Cost-effectiveness of greenhouse gas emission reductions from plug-in hybrid electric vehicles

Plug-in Electric Vehicles: What Role for Washington?

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 170-191

  Kammen, Daniel M ^a   Arons, Samuel M ^b   Lemoine, Derek M ^a   Hummel, Holmes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GOOGLE INC   (United States)

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