Assessing demand by urban consumers for plug-in electric vehicles under future cost and technological scenarios

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 742-751

  Krause, Rachel M ^a   Lane, Bradley W ^a   Carley, Sanya ^b   Graham, John D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Battery electric vehicle; Discrete choice; Plug in electric vehicle; Plug in hybrid electric vehicle

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES; CLIMATE CHANGE; COSTS; CRASHWORTHINESS; GASOLINE; HYBRID VEHICLES; PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES; POWERTRAINS; PUBLIC POLICY; VEHICLES;

BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGY; DISCRETE CHOICE; FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS; PLUG IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY SCENARIOS; URBAN AIR POLLUTION; VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS;

PLUG-IN HYBRID VEHICLES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DEMAND ANALYSIS; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC VEHICLE; FUTURE PROSPECT; POLICY APPROACH; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; URBAN TRANSPORT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84975319283     PISSN: 15568318     EISSN: 15568334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2016.1148213     Document Type: Article

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