Electric mobility in Europe: A comprehensive review of motivators and barriers in decision making processes

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 109, Issue , 2018, Pages 1-13

  Biresselioglu, Mehmet Efe ^a   Demirbag Kaplan, Melike ^a   Yilmaz, Barbara Katharina ^a  

^a IZMIR UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Barriers; Decision making process; Electric mobility; Electric vehicles; Europe; Motivators

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INVESTMENTS; PUBLIC POLICY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

BARRIER; DECISION-MAKING PROCESS; E MOBILITIES; ELECTRIC MOBILITY; ENERGY-CONSUMPTION; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; LOW CARBON ECONOMY; MOTIVATOR; SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENTS;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC VEHICLE; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY USE; EUROPEAN UNION; MOBILITY; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

EUROPE;

EID: 85044848673     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2018.01.017     Document Type: Article

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