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Barriers to widespread adoption of electric vehicles: An analysis of consumer attitudes and perceptions
Ona Egbue,Suzanna Long +1 more
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In this paper, the authors identify potential socio-technical barriers to consumer adoption of EVs and determine if sustainability issues influence consumer decision to purchase an EV, and provide valuable insights into preferences and perceptions of technology enthusiasts; individuals highly connected to technology development and better equipped to sort out the many differences between EVs and CVs.About:
This article is published in Energy Policy.The article was published on 2012-09-01. It has received 1207 citations till now.read more
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Energy virtual networks based on electric vehicles for sustainable buildings: System modelling for comparative energy and economic analyses
Giovanni Barone,Annamaria Buonomano,Cesare Forzano,Giovanni Francesco Giuzio,Adolfo Palombo,Giuseppe Russo +5 more
TL;DR: In this article , the authors explored the implementation of the Building To Vehicle To Building (V2B2) scheme in European Countries, by evaluating the influence of weather conditions and local energy market prices on its energy and economic performance.
Studying Battery Range and Range Anxiety for Electric Vehicles based on Real Travel Demands
Zhengming Zhang,Renran Tian +1 more
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Exploring consumer preferences for electric vehicles based on the random coefficient logit model
TL;DR: Using the random coefficient logit model (BLP), the authors quantitatively analyzed the preferences of EV consumers in China, with an emphasis on regional disparity and different operational purposes, and found that the preferences for EVs are significantly heterogeneous among consumers in restricted and non-restricted cities, and in cities at different development stages.
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Plastic Bag Ban in Nepal: Enforcement and Effectiveness
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate how the different levels of subjective expectation of fine of the bans affect plasticbag use and find that the partial ban does not help to reduce plastic bags use, highlighting the ineffectiveness of the National Plastic Bag Reduction and Regulation Directives 2011 that aim to enforce a selective ban on black plastic bags less than 20 microns thick.
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Measuring & Mitigating Electric Vehicle Adoption Barriers
Abstract: Transitioning our cars to run on renewable sources of energy is crucial to addressing concerns over energy security and climate change. Electric vehicles (EVs), vehicles that are fully or partially powered by batteries charged from the electrical grid, allow for such a transition. Specifically, if hydro, solar, and wind generation continues to be integrated into the global power system, we can power an EV-based transportation network cleanly and sustainably. To this end, major car manufacturers are now producing and marketing EVs. Unfortunately, at the time of this writing, drivers are slow to adopt EVs due to a number of concerns. The two greatest concerns are range anxiety—the fear of being stranded without power and the fear that necessary charging infrastructure does not exist—and the unknown return on investment of EVs over their lifetime. This thesis presents computational approaches for measuring and mitigating EV adoption barriers. Towards measuring the barriers to adoption, we build a sentiment analysis system for programmatically mining detailed perceptions towards EVs from ownership forums. In addition, we design the most comprehensive electric bike trial to date, which allows us to study several aspects of electric vehicles, including range anxiety, at a much lower cost. Towards mitigation, we develop algorithms for managing a network of gasoline vehicles to be used by EV owners when a planned trip exceeds the range of their EV. Further, we design a model for taxi companies to compute whether it is profitable to transition a fraction of their fleet to EVs. To summarize our findings, we find that sentiments towards EVs are very positive, especially regarding performance and maintenance, but there are concerns over range anxiety and the higher initial price of EVs. There is a delicate balance between these two adoption barriers. Larger batteries cost more, so alleviating range anxiety with larger batteries leads to pricier vehicles. Conversely, EVs with low range capabilities can also induce costs, because drivers and fleets that own EVs may have to often acquire (or own as an additional vehicle) a gasoline vehicle to fully meet their mobility demands. As a result, EVs are best suited for drivers and fleets that are able to make long-term return on investment calculations, and whose mobility patterns do not include many very long trips. Fleets can greatly reduce their operating costs by adopting EVs because they have the capital to make upfront investments that are profitable long-term. We show that even under conservative assumptions about revenue loss due to battery depletion, EVs are already profitable (the company saves more than enough money to recoup all initial investments) for a large taxi company in San Francisco. Similarly, EVs can be profitable for two-car families (those who already have a gasoline car) and for those who can easily acquire a gasoline vehicle when needed, hence our work on sizing networks of gasoline-vehicle pools for EV owners. Finally, we find that not only are electric bikes and EVs operationally similar, the sentiments towards the two technologies are as well. Advancements made in the battery sector, especially those that reduce costs or weight, are likely to accelerate sales in both markets. The results presented in this thesis, as well as in prior work, suggest that EVs are suitable for many drivers and will hence serve a role in our eventual transition away from fossil fuels.
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