Identifying the early adopters of alternative fuel vehicles: A case study of Birmingham, United Kingdom

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1318-1327

  Campbell, Amy R ^a   Ryley, Tim ^a   Thring, Rob ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative fuel vehicles; Cluster analysis; Driver characteristics; Early adopters; Electric vehicles

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILES; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; EMISSION CONTROL; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; POPULATION STATISTICS; SURVEYS;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES; ALTERNATIVE VEHICLES; DRIVER CHARACTERISTICS; EARLY ADOPTERS; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; MARKETING INFORMATION; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; CENSUS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC VEHICLE; GREENHOUSE GAS; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

BIRMINGHAM [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84862563401     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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