Hybrid Vehicles: Hope or Hype? Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, Transport Research Center (AVV)

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Besseling, Hans, author.

Conference Name:

Automotive and Transportation Technology Congress and Exposition (2001-10-01 : Barcelona, Spain)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 2001

Summary:

What is to be expected from the current technology push to introduce electric-hybrid vehicles onto the market? This article addresses the question what role national governments should or should not play in the introduction of this new technology. In The Netherlands a plan was devised to support the introduction of EHV's onto the market. Three projects from this Masterplan EHV' show that successful implementation of new technology is still largely a matter of peoples' reaction and behaviour. The program has therefore shifted its emphasis from putting technology in the streets' to: creating a chance for new technologies to take a hold'. Whether national governments should take the US approach of technology driven' subsidies, or the European' approach of policy forced' tax reductions is discussed, here

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Publisher Number:

2001-01-3289

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