Requirements for change in new car buying practices-observations from Sweden

Energy Efficiency

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 193-207

  Sprei, Frances ^a   Wickelgren, Mikael ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Automobiles; Consumer criteria; Fuel consumption; New car buying patterns; Stakeholder's perception

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; BUYING PATTERNS; BUYING PRACTICES; CAR DEALERS; CAR MARKETS; CONSUMER CRITERIA; CONSUMER PREFERENCES; ENERGY SOURCE; FUEL PRICES; NEW CAR BUYING PATTERNS; STAKEHOLDER'S PERCEPTION; STATE OF AFFAIRS;

FUEL CONSUMPTION; FUELS; GASOLINE; GLOBAL WARMING; STEEL METALLURGY;

AUTOMOBILES;

AUTOMOBILE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENGINE; FUEL CONSUMPTION; PERCEPTION; STAKEHOLDER;

SWEDEN;

EID: 79952626218     PISSN: 1570646X     EISSN: 15706478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12053-010-9095-1     Document Type: Article

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