Analysis of a consumer survey on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 14-31

  Krupa, Joseph S ^a   Rizzo, Donna M ^a   Eppstein, Margaret J ^a   Brad Lanute, D ^b   Gaalema, Diann E ^c   Lakkaraju, Kiran ^d   Warrender, Christina E ^d  

^a University of Vermont   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Crowd sourced opinion survey; Electric vehicle technology adoption; Plug in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs)

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMMERCE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FELT; FELTS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SIMULATION PLATFORM; SURVEYS;

AMAZON MECHANICAL TURKS; CONSUMER ADOPTIONS; GOVERNMENTAL POLICIES; MARKET PENETRATION; OPINION SURVEYS; PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES; TRANSPORTATION ENERGY CONSUMPTION; VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY;

PLUG-IN HYBRID VEHICLES;

ELECTRIC VEHICLE; MARKETING; SURVEY METHOD; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898651821     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2014.02.019     Document Type: Article

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