Electric vehicles rising from the dead: Data needs for forecasting consumer response toward sustainable energy sources in personal transportation

Energy Policy

Volumn 51, Issue , 2012, Pages 876-894

  Daziano, Ricardo A ^a   Chiew, Esther ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete choice models; Endogenous latent attributes; Ultra low emission vehicles

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER RESPONSE; DATA SOURCE; DEMAND MODELS; DISCRETE CHOICE MODELS; DRIVING RANGE; ELECTRIC ENGINES; ENDOGENOUS LATENT ATTRIBUTES; ENERGY EFFICIENT; INTERNAL COMBUSTION; LOW EMISSION VEHICLES; MICRODATA; PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SOURCES; SYMBOLIC VALUE; ULTRA LOW EMISSION VEHICLES; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FOSSIL FUELS; PEOPLE MOVERS;

TRANSPORTATION;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC VEHICLE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY RESOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSPORTATION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 84868199972     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.09.040     Document Type: Article

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