Structural Determinants of Electric Vehicle Market Growth

Gustavo Collantes, Jeff Kessler and Eric Cahill

Institute of Transportation Studies, Working Paper Series from Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis

Abstract: Zero emission vehicles (ZEV) and plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) are critical technologies to attain deep reductions in greenhouse gases from transportation. PEV markets, however, have grown more slowly than anticipated by many observers. In this study, the authors seek a deeper understanding of the challenges facing PEV markets and how they might evolve in different regions. Using a Technology Innovation Systems (TIS) framework, the authors examine the major conditions—political, technological, economic, and societal—that drive the development, deployment and use of these vehicles at the state level. With this holistic approach, the authors identify strengths and weakness of the innovation systems in a few representative states, which the authors translate into recommendations for policy strategy. The authors find that while significant efforts have been undertaken to support PEV innovation, there are significant deterrents to the broader market uptake of PEV. View the NCST Project Webpage

Keywords: Engineering; Social and Behavioral Sciences; Consumers; Electric vehicles; Knowledge; Market share; Plug-in hybrid vehicles; Policy analysis; Political factors; Sales; Technological innovations; Zero emission vehicles (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-02-01
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