Can innovative business models overcome resistance to electric vehicles? Better Place and battery electric cars in Denmark

Energy Policy

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 498-505

  Budde Christensen, Thomas ^a   Wells, Peter ^b   Cipcigan, Liana ^c  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Better Place; Business models; Electric cars

Indexed keywords

BETTER PLACE; BUSINESS MODELS; CAR MOBILITY; CARBON EMISSIONS; DENMARK; ELECTRIC CARS; OPERATING ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL AND TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS; SMART GRID; VALUE CREATION;

ELECTRIC VEHICLES; WIND POWER;

FUELING;

BUSINESS; CARBON EMISSION; ELECTRIC VEHICLE; ENERGY POLICY; INNOVATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY;

DENMARK;

EID: 84865022395     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.05.054     Document Type: Article

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