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5 - The Electric Vehicle Transition

from Part II - Net-Zero-Carbon Transitions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2023

Jay S. Golden
Jay S. Golden
Affiliation:
Syracuse University, New York
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Summary

One of the most disruptive technologies to impact global markets is the transition to electric vehicles, which is detailed and explained in this chapter.

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electric vehiclesTeslahydrogenfuel cellslithium
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Dynamic Sustainability
Implications for Policy, Markets and National Security
 , pp. 59 - 73
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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