The impact of fuel availability on demand for alternative-fuel vehicles

The authors study the impact of fuel availability on demand for alternative-fuel vehicles, using data from a survey of potential car buyers in Germany. The survey was conducted as a computer-assisted personal interview and included a choice experiment involving cars with various fuel types. Applying a standard logit model, the authors show that alternative fuel availability influences choices positively, but its marginal utility diminishes with supply. Furthermore, the authors derive consumers' marginal willingness-to-pay for an expanded service station network. The results suggest that a failure to expand the availability of alternative fuel stations represents a significant barrier to the widespread adoption of alternative-fuel vehicles.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1361920911001672
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Achtnicht, Martin
  • Buhler, Georg
  • Hermeling, Claudia
• Publication Date: 2012-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 262-269
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1361-9209
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13619209

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternate fuels; Automobiles by motive power; Logits; Markets; Surveys
• Geographic Terms: Germany
• Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment; I90: Vehicles;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01367441
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Apr 10 2012 3:16PM