Analyzing public awareness and acceptance of alternative fuel vehicles in China: The case of EV

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 7015-7024

  Zhang, Yong ^a   Yu, Yifeng ^b   Zou, Bai ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric vehicle; Logistic regression model; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC DEGREES; ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES; BINARY LOGISTIC REGRESSION; FUEL PRICES; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODEL; MAINTENANCE COST; NANJING; NUMBER OF VEHICLES; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; PUBLIC AWARENESS; PURCHASE PRICE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; TAX INCENTIVE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; COSTS; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; MAINTENANCE; PURCHASING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALES; SURVEYS; TAXATION;

PUBLIC POLICY;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; COMMODITY PRICE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ELECTRIC VEHICLE; LOGISTICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

CHINA;

EID: 80054857514     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.07.055     Document Type: Article

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