Affordability of electric vehicles for a sustainable transport system: An economic and environmental analysis

Energy Policy

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 441-447

  Tseng, Hui Kuan ^a   Wu, Jy S ^b   Liu, Xiaoshuai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric hybrid vehicles; Environmental economics; Lifecycle cost analysis

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES; ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ELECTRIC HYBRID VEHICLES; ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GREENHOUSE GAS ABATEMENTS; LIFE-CYCLE COST ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; COST ACCOUNTING; COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; ENERGY POLICY; GREENHOUSE GASES; SECONDARY BATTERIES; TAXATION;

PLUG-IN HYBRID VEHICLES;

ABATEMENT COST; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC VEHICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOSSIL FUEL; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84881666843     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.06.026     Document Type: Article

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