A Lighter Tread?: Policy and Technology Options for Motor Vehicles

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Date

Oct. 31, 2003

Authors

Virginia McConnell and Winston Harrington

Publication

Journal Article

Reading time

1 minute

Topics

Transportation

Authors

Virginia McConnell

Senior Fellow Emerita

Virginia McConnell is a senior fellow at RFF. Her recent research is on policies to reduce greenhouse gases from the transportation sector, focusing primarily on the role of electric vehicles.

Winston Harrington

Senior Fellow Emeritus

Winston Harrington

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