Imagining and enacting the future of the German energy transition: electric vehicles as grid infrastructure

Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 285-302

  Wentland, Alexander ^a,b  

^a WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

electric vehicles; energy transition; futures; imaginaries; infrastructures; smart grid; sustainability

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; ELECTRIC VEHICLE; ENERGY USE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

GERMANY;

EID: 84961208100     PISSN: 13511610     EISSN: 14698412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13511610.2016.1159946     Document Type: Article

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