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Charging the Future: Challenges and Opportunities for Electric Vehicle Adoption

Faculty Research Working Paper Series

Henry Lee

Harvard Kennedy School

Alex Clark

Climate Policy Initiative

September 2018 RWP18-026

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ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Charging the Future

Challenges and Opportunities for Electric Vehicle Adoption

Henry Lee Alex Clark

PA P E R AUGUST 2018

Environment and Natural Resources Program Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK Street Cambridge, MA 02138

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Cover photo: A Tesla Model 3 charges using a Mobile Charger 2.0, 29 July 2017. (Steve Jurvetson/CC BY 2.0)

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ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Charging the Future

Challenges and Opportunities for Electric Vehicle Adoption

Henry Lee Alex Clark

PA P E R AUGUST 2018

About the Project

The Environment and Natural Resources Program at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs is at the center of the Harvard Kennedy School's research and outreach on public policy that affects global environment quality and natural resource management. Its mandate is to conduct policy-relevant research at the regional, national, international, and global level, and through its outreach initiatives to make its products available to decision-makers, scholars, and interested citizens.

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