A comprehensive socio-psychological approach to car type choice

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 401-411

  Nayum, Alim ^a   Klöckner, Christian A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Battery electric cars; Car attributes; Car purchase; Car types; Fuel efficient

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908674508     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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