Abstract
The question of electric vehicles (EV) is one that has recurred throughout the history of the car, since the early post-war period, but has, however, remained on the edges of the mainstream because of some basic limitations that have made such vehicles less competitive compared with vehicles with internal combustion engines (ICEVs).
Pier Paolo Patrucco acknowledges the financial support of the European Union D.G. Research with the Grant number 266959 to the research project ‘Policy Incentives for the Creation of Knowledge: Methods and Evidence’ (PICK-ME), within the context Cooperation Program / Theme 8 / Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities (SSH), of the Collegio Carlo Alberto and of the University of Torino.
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Enrietti, A., Patrucco, P.P. (2012). Electric Cars: Will it be Boom or Another False Start?. In: Ciravegna, L. (eds) Sustaining Industrial Competitiveness after the Crisis. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137010988_9
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