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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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Invest in fast-charging infrastructure or in longer battery ranges? A cost-efficiency comparison for Germany
TL;DR: In this article, a cost-efficient comparison of longer battery ranges and more widespread fast-charging infrastructure that evaluates them both technically and economically is presented, where the authors focus on German passenger cars that are licensed to commercial owners, since these are an important first market for EV.
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Public Charging Infrastructure and Electric Vehicles in Norway
Felix Schulz,Johannes Rode +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors study whether public charging infrastructure drives battery electric vehicle adoption and find, on average, an increase of the local electric vehicle ownership rate by 1.5 percentage points or 200% over 5 years.
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Review of electric vehicle technologies progress and development prospect in China
Jiuyu Du,Minggao Ouyang +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the progress of China EVs technologies breakthrough and industrialization, pushing policies (government and local government) were summarized, and the progress on EVs demonstration program was reviewed and the effectiveness was evaluated.
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Understanding Acceptability towards Sustainable Transportation Behavior: A Case Study of China
TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper explored the role of different predictors (sustainable transport benefits awareness, traffic problem awareness, government policies and symbolic motives of using a car) affecting citizen's acceptability to sustainable transportation options with mediating role of environmental concern and moderating roles of self-transcendence and self-enhancement.
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Conditions for electric vehicle taxi: A case study in the Greater Stockholm region
Jens Hagman,Joram H.M. Langbroek +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the usability of electric vehicles in a taxi company in Greater Stockholm, Sweden by investigating cost and revenue data of both electric and conventional taxi vehicl...
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Electric vehicles: How much range is required for a day’s driving?
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