Comparison of socio-psychological characteristics of conventional and battery electric car buyers

Travel Behaviour and Society

Volumn 3, Issue , 2016, Pages 8-20

  Nayum, Alim ^a   Klöckner, Christian A ^a   Mehmetoglu, Mehmet ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

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EID: 84947041276     PISSN: 2214367X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tbs.2015.03.005     Document Type: Article

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