A system dynamics based market agent model simulating future powertrain technology transition: Scenarios in the EU light duty vehicle road transport sector

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 104, Issue , 2016, Pages 133-146

  Pasaoglu, Guzay ^a,b   Harrison, Gillian ^a   Jones, Lee ^c   Hill, Andrew ^c   Beaudet, Alexandre ^c,d   Thiel, Christian ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Ventana Systems   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative fuel infrastructure; Alternative fuel vehicles; EU road transport sector; Hybrid and electric vehicles; Hydrogen and fuel cell vehicles; System dynamics simulation

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; COMMERCE; COMPETITION; ELECTRONIC TRADING; POWERTRAINS; ROADS AND STREETS; SYSTEM THEORY; TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLES;

AGENT-BASED APPROACH; ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES; FUEL CELL VEHICLES; INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDERS; LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES; ROAD TRANSPORT SECTORS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS SIMULATION; TECHNOLOGY TRANSITION;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; ELECTRIC VEHICLE; EUROPEAN UNION; FUEL CELL; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; ROAD TRANSPORT; SIMULATION; TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84958744655     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2015.11.028     Document Type: Article

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