Addressing electric vehicle (EV) sales and range anxiety through parking layout, policy and regulation

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 83, Issue , 2016, Pages 63-73

  Bonges, Henry A ^a   Lusk, Anne C ^b  

^a Harvard Div of Continuing Education   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Charging etiquette; Charging legislation; Electric vehicle

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCE; ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILES; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; SALES;

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS; CHARGING STATION; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; MOBILE SOURCES; PARKING LOTS; POLICY AND REGULATION; POTENTIAL BUYERS; RANGE ANXIETIES;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; PARKING; TRANSPORT VEHICLE; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

OCTOPUS;

EID: 84952673759     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2015.09.011     Document Type: Article

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