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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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Are electric vehicles better suited for multi-car households?

TL;DR: In this article, the authors find the vehicles from multi-car-households to require less adaptation and be better suited for EV adoption which they confirm with an economic analysis.
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Mode shift behaviour and user willingness to adopt the electric two-wheeler: A study based on indian road user preferences

TL;DR: In this article , the authors analyzed the Indian road users encouraging and discouraging factors to adopt electric two-wheelers and investigated the application of non-traditional models for estimating mode shift behavior towards E-TW.
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Market Segmented Analysis of Electric Vehicle Purchasing Behavior in Seoul

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed the electric vehicle (EV) purchasing behavior with market segmentation in Seoul using the binary logit model and found that the EV supply strategy of the automobile manufacturer should be diversified according to the marketing target and the expansion of the public charging infrastructure should be the top priority in the government policy.
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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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