Electric vehicle adopters in Lisbon: Motivation, utilization patterns and environmental impacts

European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 229-243

  Rolim, Catarina C ^a   Baptista, Patrícia C ^a   Farias, Tiago L ^a   Rodrigues, Óscar ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b EMEL Empresa Municipal de Mobilidade e Estacionamento de Lisboa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Driver behaviour; Electric vehicle; Environmental impacts; Mobility

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARRIER MOBILITY; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FOSSIL FUELS; LIFE CYCLE; MOTIVATION; VEHICLES;

ADAPTATION; ALTERNATIVE VEHICLES; DRIVER BEHAVIOUR; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE VEHICLES; LIFE CYCLE APPROACH; TRANSPORTATION SECTOR; UTILIZATION PATTERNS; VEHICLE OPERATIONS;

FLEET OPERATIONS;

EID: 84906955861     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15677141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18757/ejtir.2014.14.3.3032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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