Mainstream consumers driving plug-in battery-electric and plug-in hybrid electric cars: A qualitative analysis of responses and evaluations

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 140-153

  Graham Rowe, Ella ^a   Gardner, Benjamin ^b   Abraham, Charles ^c   Skippon, Stephen ^d   Dittmar, Helga ^a   Hutchins, Rebecca ^e   Stannard, Jenny ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^e TRANSPORT RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Electric vehicles; Identity; Mainstream adoption; Marketing; Technology

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; AUTOMOTIVE BATTERIES; BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; MARKETING; PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES;

ATTITUDES; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; IDENTITY; IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE VEHICLES; MAINSTREAM ADOPTION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS;

PLUG-IN HYBRID VEHICLES;

AUTOMOBILE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ELECTRIC VEHICLE; EMISSION INVENTORY; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; MARKETING; MOBILITY; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80053934321     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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