Barriers to widespread adoption of electric vehicles: An analysis of consumer attitudes and perceptions
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...And while the number of charging stations has increased markedly (IEA, 2013), infrastructure shortage is still identified by consumers, auto manufacturers, and local public offials as one of the biggest challenges to wide-spread EV adoption (Egbue and Long, 2012; Zubaryeva et al., 2012)....
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...Expectations regarding automobile use are based on the current paradigm where vehicles have ~375 mile (600 km) range with widely available refueling infrastructure (Egbue and Long, 2012)....
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...Furthermore, governments will also be involved because they install infrastructure such as the charging stations needed for broad EV adoption (Bakker and Trip, 2013; Egbue and Long, 2012)....
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...However to get to that point, it is necessary to encourage a sufficient number of early adopters to keep the market viable (Egbue and Long, 2012)....
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..., perceived inequity, conflicting values, goals, and aspirations, perceived risks, sunk costs) [62]....
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...Thus far, although sustainability and environmental benefits of such vehicles have an influence on consumers towards their adoption, the interest is moderate [62,63]....
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