Virtual user communities contributing to upscaling innovations in transitions: The case of electric vehicles
Summary. Virtual communities of electric vehicle users contribute significantly to scaling up EV adoption by enabling knowledge exchange across distances. The authors studied a large online EV community using internet ethnography and identified how virtual communities foster technology upscaling through distinctive participation mechanisms. These communities play an important role in promoting electric vehicle use beyond early technology development phases.
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Meelen, T., Truffer, B., & Schwanen, T.. (2019). Virtual user communities contributing to upscaling innovations in transitions: The case of electric vehicles. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2019.01.002
Meelen, Toon, et al. “Virtual user communities contributing to upscaling innovations in transitions: The case of electric vehicles.” Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2019.01.002.
Meelen, Toon, Bernhard Truffer, and Tim Schwanen. 2019. “Virtual user communities contributing to upscaling innovations in transitions: The case of electric vehicles.” Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2019.01.002.
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title = {Virtual user communities contributing to upscaling innovations in transitions: The case of electric vehicles},
author = {Toon Meelen and Bernhard Truffer and Tim Schwanen},
journal = {Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions},
year = {2019},
doi = {10.1016/j.eist.2019.01.002},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2019.01.002}
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TY - JOUR TI - Virtual user communities contributing to upscaling innovations in transitions: The case of electric vehicles AU - Toon Meelen AU - Bernhard Truffer AU - Tim Schwanen JO - Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions PY - 2019 DO - 10.1016/j.eist.2019.01.002 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2019.01.002 ER -
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- 10.1016/j.eist.2019.01.002
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- Netherlands, United Kingdom, Switzerland
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- Europe
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- innovation-networks, energy, general-innovation
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- 2026-04-28