Understanding the Emergence and Social Acceptance of Electric Vehicles as Next-Generation Models for the Automobile Industry

Eunil Park, Jooyoung Lim and Yongwoo Cho
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Eunil Park: College of Computing, Hanyang University, 55 Hanyangdeahak-ro, Sangnok-gu, Ansan 15588, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Jooyoung Lim: College of Computing, Hanyang University, 55 Hanyangdeahak-ro, Sangnok-gu, Ansan 15588, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Yongwoo Cho: College of Computing, Hanyang University, 55 Hanyangdeahak-ro, Sangnok-gu, Ansan 15588, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 3, 1-13

Abstract: This study explores potential factors of drivers’ intentions to use electric vehicles and proposes an integrated adoption model. Results of a structural equation modeling analysis with 988 samples indicate that drivers’ intentions are predicted by one negative factor (cost) and three positive ones (satisfaction, usefulness, and attitude). In addition, the total standardized effects of potential factors on the intention are computed. The current study also validates the original technology acceptance model. Based on the results of the current study, practical and academic implications with potential limitations are examined and presented.

Keywords: electric vehicles; social acceptance; technology acceptance model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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