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Exploring the suitability of electric vehicles in the United States
- Source :
- Energy. 121:631-642
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2017.
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Abstract
- This study explores suitability of battery electric vehicles in the United States by considering their potential market share and operations costs as well as the state-specific variations in electricity generation profiles, given current government policies and the social acceptability of the technology. A performance assessment is developed to compare each state and identify major policy efforts that are needed to increase the environmental and economic competitiveness of electric vehicles. A novel multi-criteria decision-support framework, integrating Life Cycle Assessment, Data Envelopment Analysis, and Agent Based Modeling, is developed. To this end, the environmental and economic impacts of battery electric vehicles are calculated based on three scenarios: an average electricity generation mix, a marginal electricity generation mix, and a solely renewable energy mix with 100% solar. The states are classified, each requiring different policy strategies, in accordance with their performance scores. The results provide important insights for advancing transportation policies and a novel framework for multi-criteria decision-making in the future analyses.
- Subjects :
- Engineering
020209 energy
Public policy
02 engineering and technology
010501 environmental sciences
01 natural sciences
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Energy policy
Transport engineering
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Data envelopment analysis
Economic impact analysis
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Life-cycle assessment
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Civil and Structural Engineering
business.industry
Mechanical Engineering
Building and Construction
Environmental economics
Pollution
Renewable energy
General Energy
Sustainable transport
Electricity generation
business
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Details
- ISSN :
- 03605442
- Volume :
- 121
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Energy
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........e22d97eacad5b82f8fde04c38c5fbfda