Charging the Future: Challenges and Opportunities for ...

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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E N V I R O N M E N T A N D N AT U R A L R E S O U R C E S

Charging

the Future

Challenges and Opportunities

for Electric Vehicle Adoption

Henry Lee

Alex Clark

PA P E R

AUGUST 20 1 8

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Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Harvard Kennedy School

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Cambridge, MA 02138

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Cover photo: A Tesla Model 3 charges using a Mobile Charger 2.0, 29 July 2017.

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E N V I R O N M E N T A N D N AT U R A L R E S O U R C E S

Charging

the Future

Challenges and Opportunities

for Electric Vehicle Adoption

Henry Lee

Alex Clark

PA P E R

AUGUST 20 1 8

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Science and International Affairs is at the center of the Harvard Kennedy

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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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