Do we have a car for you? Encouraging the uptake of electric vehicles at point of sale

Energy Policy

Volumn 100, Issue , 2017, Pages 79-88

  Matthews, Lindsay ^a   Lynes, Jennifer ^a   Riemer, Manuel ^b   Del Matto, Tania ^c   Cloet, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c My Sustainable Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barriers to adoption; Consumer behaviour; Electric vehicles; Mystery shopping

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALES;

ACCURACY OF INFORMATION; BARRIERS TO ADOPTION; ELECTRIC VEHICLES (EVS); GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; KEY SUCCESS FACTORS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION MODEL; MYSTERY SHOPPING; POSITIVE ATTITUDE;

ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILES;

CAR OWNERSHIP; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ELECTRIC VEHICLE; MARKETING; SHOPPING ACTIVITY;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 85008604262     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2016.10.001     Document Type: Article

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