Consumer intention to accept electric two-wheelers in India: a valence theory approach to unveil the role of identity and utility
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Electric vehicles (EVs); Electric two-wheelers; Identity; Utility; Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA); Structural equation modelling (SEM); Adoption behaviour;All these keywords.
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