Walking the walk: an analysis of the drivers, barriers, and directions of the Connecticut EV market, 2012-2021
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Keywords: Energy Transitions, Electric Vehicles, Adoption, Diffusion, Climate Change
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Adam Gallaher, University of Connecticut
Marcello Graziano, Southern Connecticut State University
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Abstract
The adoption of light duty electric vehicles (EVs) in the past 5 years has accelerated dramatically. As EVs keep penetrating the U.S. market, it is critical to understand what a sustainable transition within the transportation sector will look like in relation to mitigating impacts of climate change. This work aims at filling three existing gaps in the current literature: 1) investigate the drivers and barriers of EV adoption in a rapidly maturing U.S. market; 2) identify the areas of needed EV infrastructure; and 3) investigate replacement patterns in the current vehicle fleet. We will fulfill these objectives by utilizing a unique dataset of vehicle make, model, sub-model of all circulating vehicles in Connecticut (USA) in 2012-2021, along with vehicle attributes such as fuel type, drive train, number of cylinders, and body style to match with an EPA fuel economy dataset containing real world values for miles per gallon, emissions, and operating costs. Additionally, our unique dataset has the added benefit of variable spatial resolution and a temporal scale spanning fuel cost peaks and valleys. Our spatial unit are zip code tabulation areas (ZCTAs) providing granular detail urban and suburban settings and course detail in rural areas allowing for assessment of environmental quality in urban settings resulting from EV adoption. Our findings will assist policymakers and investors in optimizing the deployment of incentives and infrastructures for increasing the pace of EV diffusion, and, more importantly, will provide the first in-depth analysis of the path in which the car sector is decarbonizing.
Walking the walk: an analysis of the drivers, barriers, and directions of the Connecticut EV market, 2012-2021
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Adam Gallaher University of Connecticut
adam.gallaher@uconn.edu
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