Author : Tommy Carpenter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (96 download)
Book Synopsis Measuring and Mitigating Electric Vehicle Adoption Barriers by : Tommy Carpenter
Download or read book Measuring and Mitigating Electric Vehicle Adoption Barriers written by Tommy Carpenter and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.