Exploring consumer preferences towards electric vehicles: The influence of consumer innovativeness

Research in Transportation Business and Management

Volumn 18, Issue , 2016, Pages 18-28

  Morton, Craig ^a   Anable, Jillian ^b   Nelson, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer innovativeness; Electric vehicles; Psychometric analysis; Vehicle preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958580819     PISSN: 22105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2016.01.007     Document Type: Article

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