Integrating plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) into household fleets- factors influencing miles traveled by PEV owners in California

Household vehicle miles traveled (VMT) has traditionally been studied in the context of gasoline vehicles. In this study, the authors analyze VMT of Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs) to understand PEV use and the factors that influence their use in a household. the authors use data from a unique repeat survey of PEV owners in California who were originally surveyed when they first bought their vehicle. Having two survey responses per household allows them to obtain more reliable VMT data and analyze the change in VMT over the vehicle ownership period. The results show that PEV VMT is correlated with traditional factors like population density, built environment, attitudes towards technology, and lifestyle preferences. Specific to PEVs, electric driving range and access to infrastructure, have a major influence on PEV VMT. Moreover, while lower electricity price at home may lead to a higher share of PEV VMT in total household VMT, the authors do not identify the presence of “rebound effect”. Overall, they observe that factors influencing PEV VMT are like those observed for conventional gasoline vehicles. The authors find that PEVs drive a similar amount as conventional vehicles, not less (due to range anxiety) as some have suggested. The results have implications for emissions impact assessments and travel demand models that depend on assumptions of average annual VMT for policymaking.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2021.09.004
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214367X21000867
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2021 Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Chakraborty, Debapriya
  • Hardman, Scott
  • Tal, Gil
• Publication Date: 2022-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 67-83
• Serial:
  • Travel Behaviour and Society
  • Volume: 26
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 2214-367X
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/2214367X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electric vehicles; Environmental impacts; Households; Vehicle miles of travel
• Geographic Terms: California
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01784621
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 12 2021 4:53PM