What is the market potential of plug-in electric vehicles as commercial passenger cars? A case study from Germany

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 37, Issue , 2015, Pages 171-187

  Gnann, Till ^a   Plötz, Patrick ^a   Funke, Simon ^a   Wietschel, Martin ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS AND INNOVATION RESEARCH ISI   (Germany)

Author keywords

Commercial passenger cars; Electric vehicle; PEV market potential

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; COMMERCE; COMMERCIAL VEHICLES; COMPETITION; DIGITAL STORAGE; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; HYBRID VEHICLES; SECONDARY BATTERIES; TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLES;

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES; BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES; HIGH SENSITIVITY; MARKET POTENTIAL; MARKET SEGMENT; OBSERVATION PERIOD; PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES; PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES;

PLUG-IN HYBRID VEHICLES;

AUTOMOBILE; CAR USE; COMMERCIALIZATION; ELECTRIC VEHICLE; PRICE DETERMINATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

GERMANY;

EID: 84942761493     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2015.04.015     Document Type: Article

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