A pilot study to address the travel behaviour and the usability of electric vehicles in two Italian provinces

Case Studies on Transport Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 116-141

  De Gennaro, Michele ^a   Paffumi, Elena ^a   Martini, Giorgio ^a   Scholz, Harald ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Driving patterns; Modal shift; Urban travel behaviour; Usability of EVs

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027931794     PISSN: 2213624X     EISSN: 22136258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cstp.2014.07.008     Document Type: Article

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