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Barriers to widespread adoption of electric vehicles: An analysis of consumer attitudes and perceptions

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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.
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This article is published in Energy Policy.The article was published on 2012-09-01. It has received 1207 citations till now.

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Strategizing battery swap service: Self-operation or authorization?

TL;DR: In this paper , game-theoretic models of a duopoly EV market comprising two automakers and a battery swap market involving an additional third-party operator were established, and the results suggest that authorization is typically optimal for a competitive automaker, as its collaboration with the thirdparty operator enhances both EV market demand and battery swap serviceability.
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A Conceptual Framework for Business Model Innovation: The Case of Electric Vehicles in China

TL;DR: In this paper, a 3-7 system and a two-phase conceptual frame-work for business model (BM) innovation of EVs is proposed. And the case of Shenzhen City, China is studied to illustrate how the "3-7" system and two phase conceptual framework is applied.
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Challenges and Opportunities for Future BEVs Adoption in Croatia

TL;DR: In this article , the advantages and disadvantages of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and the possibilities of their better future adoption in the Republic of Croatia are investigated based on an in-depth analysis of the current status of BEVs in Croatia.
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Influence of emotion on purchase intention of electric vehicles: a comparative study of consumers with different income levels

TL;DR: Zhang et al. as mentioned in this paper used structural equation model to estimate the impact of positive anticipated emotion, negative anticipated emotion (NAE), and moral norms together with TPB elements on EVs purchase intention.
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The theory of planned behavior

TL;DR: Ajzen, 1985, 1987, this article reviewed the theory of planned behavior and some unresolved issues and concluded that the theory is well supported by empirical evidence and that intention to perform behaviors of different kinds can be predicted with high accuracy from attitudes toward the behavior, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control; and these intentions, together with perceptions of behavioral control, account for considerable variance in actual behavior.
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Car use: lust and must. Instrumental, symbolic and affective motives for car use

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report results of two questionnaire studies aimed at examining various motives for car use, and investigate individual differences in the relative importance of the three categories of motives were investigated.
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Giving Green to Get Green: Incentives and Consumer Adoption of Hybrid Vehicle Technology

TL;DR: In this paper, the relative efficacy of state sales tax waivers, income tax credits and non-tax incentives for hybrid-electric vehicle adoption in the United States has been studied and shown that the type of tax incentive offered is as important as the value of the tax incentive.
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Beyond batteries: an examination of the benefits and barriers to plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) transition

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore both the promise and the possible pitfalls of the plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) concept, focusing first on its definition and then on its technical state-of-the-art.
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Electric vehicles: How much range is required for a day’s driving?

TL;DR: In this article, a full year of high-resolution driving data from 484 instrumented gasoline vehicles in the US is used to analyze daily driving patterns, and from those infer the range requirements of electric vehicles (EVs).
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