Publication Cover
Transportation Letters
The International Journal of Transportation Research
Volume 6, 2014 - Issue 3
360
Views
9
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Perspective

Stated preference surveys for electric and alternative fuel vehicles: are we doing the right thing?

Pages 152-160 | Received 26 Mar 2013, Accepted 12 Mar 2014, Published online: 26 May 2014

References

  • Achtnicht M. 2012. German car buyers’ willingness to pay to reduce CO2 emissions, Climatic Chance, 113, (3–4), 679–697.
  • Achtnicht M, Bühler G and Hermeling C. 2012. The impact of fuel availability on demand for alternative-fuel vehicles, Transp. Res. Part D Transp. Environ., 17, (3), 262–269.
  • Adler T, Kostyniuk LP, Kavalec C and Occhuizzo G. 2003. Incentives for alternate fuel vehicles: a large-scale stated preference experiment, 10th Int. Conf. on ‘Travel behaviour research’, Lucerne, Switzerland.
  • Ahn J, Jeong G and Kim Y. 2008. A forecast of household ownership and use of alternative fuel vehicles: a multiple discrete-continuous choice approach, Energy Econ., 30, (5), 2091–2104.
  • Axsen J and Kurani KS. 2012. Interpersonal influence within car buyers’ social networks: applying five perspectives to plug-in hybrid vehicle drivers, Environ. Plann. A, 44, (5), 1047–1065.
  • Axsen J, Mountain DC and Jaccard M. 2009. Combining stated and revealed choice research to simulate the neighbor effect: the case of hybrid-electric vehicles, Resour. Ener. Econ., 31, (3), 221–238.
  • Batley R and Toner J. 2003. Elimination-by-aspects and advanced logit models of stated choices for alternative-fuel vehicles, Proceedings of the European Transport conference, European Transport Conference, Strasbourg.
  • Batley R, Toner J and Knight M. 2004. A mixed logit model of U.K. household demand for alternative-fuel vehicles, Int. J. Transp. Econ., XXXI, (1), 55–77.
  • Baumgartner R, Rambo E and Goett A. 2007. Discrete choice analysis for hydrogen vehicles, Report to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
  • Beggs SD and Cardell NS. 1980. Choice of smallest car by multi-vehicle households and the demand for electric vehicles, Transp. Res. Part A Policy Pract., 14, (5–6), 389–404.
  • Beggs SD, Cardell NS and Hausman J. 1981. Assessing the potential demand for electric cars, J. Econom., 17, (1), 1–19.
  • Brownstone D, Bunch DS, Golob TF and Ren W. 1996. A transactions choice model for forecasting demand for alternative-fuel vehicles, Res. Transp. Econ., 4, (0), 87–129.
  • Brownstone D, Bunch DS and Train KE. 2000. Joint mixed logit models of stated and revealed preferences for alternative-fuel vehicles, Transp. Res. Part B Methodol., 34, (5), 315–338.
  • Brownstone D and Train KE. 1999. Forecasting new product penetration with flexible substitution patterns, J. Econom., 89, (1–2), 109–129.
  • Bunch DS, Bradley M, Golob TF, Kitamura R and Occhiuzzo GP. 1993. Demand for clean-fuel vehicles in California: a discrete-choice stated preference pilot project, Transp. Res. Part A Policy Pract., 27, (3), 237–253.
  • Calfee JE. 1985. Estimating the demand for electric automobiles using fully dis-aggregated probabilistic choice analysis, Transp. Res. Part B Methodol., 19, (4), 287–301.
  • Caulfield B, Farrell S and McMahon B. 2010. Examining individuals’ preferences for hybrid electric and alternatively fuelled vehicles, Transp. Policy, 17, (6), 381–387.
  • Chéron E and Zins M. 1997. Electric vehicle purchasing intentions: the concern over battery charge duration, Transp. Res. Part A Policy Pract., 31, (3), 235–243.
  • Christensen L, Kveiborg O and Mabit SL. 2010. The market potential for electric vehicles – what do potential users want? Paper presented at the 12th World Conference on Transport Research, Lisbon.
  • Cirillo C and Maness M., 2012. Measuring and modeling future vehicle preferences: a preliminary stated-preference survey in Maryland. Transportation Research Board 91st Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
  • Dagsvik JK, Wennemo T, Wetterwald DG and Aaberge R. 2002. Potential demand for alternative fuel vehicles, Transp. Res. Part B Methodol., 36, (4), 361–384.
  • Dagsvik JK and Liu G. 2009. A framework for analyzing rank-ordered data with application to automobile demand, Transp. Res. Part A Policy Pract., 43, 1–12.
  • Daziano RA. 2013. Conditional-logit Bayes estimators for consumer valuation of electric vehicle driving range, Resource and Energy Economics, 35, (3), 429–450.
  • Eggers F and Eggers F. 2011. Where have all the flowers gone? Forecasting green trends in the automobile industry with a choice-based conjoint adoption model, Technol. Forecast. Soc. Change, 78, (1), 51–62.
  • Ewing GO and Sarigöllü E. 2000. Assessing consumer preferences for clean-fuel vehicles: a discrete choice experiment, J. Public Policy Mark., 19, (1), 106–118.
  • Ewing GO and Sarigöllü E. 1998. Car fuel-type choice under travel demand management and economic incentives, Transp. Res. Part D Transp. Environ., 3, (6), 429–444.
  • Gaerling A and Johansson A. 2000. An EV in the family. Proc. 2nd KFB Research Conf. Urban Transport Systems, Lund, Sweden, 7–8 June, 1999 (Bulletin 187). Available: http://trid.trb.org/view.aspx?id = 715490 (Consulted 15 October, 2012).
  • Glerum A. et al. 2013. Forecasting the demand for electric vehicles: accounting for attitudes and perceptions.
  • Golob TF. et al. 1993. Predicting the market penetration of electric and clean-fuel vehicles, Science of the Total Environment, 134, (1–3), 371–381.
  • Graham-Rowe E, Gardnerb B, Abrahamc C, Skippond S, Dittmara H, Hutchinse R and Stannard J. 2012. Mainstream consumers driving plug-in battery-electric and plug-in hybrid electric cars: a qualitative analysis of responses and evaluations, Transp. Res. Part A Policy Pract., 46, 140–153.
  • Greene DL. 2010. How consumers value fuel economy: a literature review, EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency. Available: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/climate/regulations/420r10008.pdf
  • Greene DL. 1998. Survey evidence on the importance of fuel availability to the choice of alternative fuels and vehicles, Energy Stud. Rev., 8, (3), 215–231.
  • Hackbarth A and Madlener R. 2013. Consumer preferences for alternative fuel vehicles: a discrete choice analysis, Transp. Res. Part D Transp. Environ., 25, (0), 5–17.
  • Hensher D, Rose JM and Greene W. 2005. Applied choice analysis: a primer, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
  • Hensher DA. 1982. Functional measurement, individual preference and discrete-choice modelling: theory and application, J. Econ. Psychol., 2, (4), 323–335.
  • Hensher DA and Greene WH. 2001. Choosing between conventional, electric and LPG/CNG vehicles in single-vehicle households, in The leading edge of travel behaviour research, (ed. Hensher D A), 725–750, Oxford, Pergamon Press.
  • Hess S, Fowler M, Adler T and Bahreinian A. 2012. A joint model for vehicle type and fuel type choice: evidence from a cross-nested logit study, Transportation, 39, (3), 593–625.
  • Hidrue MK, Parsonsb GR, Kemptonc W and Gardner MP. 2011. Willingness to pay for electric vehicles and their attributes, Resour. Energy Econ., 33, (3), 686–705.
  • Högberg M. 2007. Eco-driving? A discrete choice experiment on valuation of car attributes, Solna, Sweden, Swedish National Road & Transport Research Institute (VTI).
  • Horne M, Jaccard M and Tiedemann K. 2005. Improving behavioral realism in hybrid energy-economy models using discrete choice studies of personal transportation decisions, Energy Econ., 27, (1), 59–77.
  • Horsky D, Nelson PE and Posavac SS. 2004. Stating preference for the ethereal but choosing the concrete: how the tangibility of attributes affects attribute weighting in value elicitation and choice, J. Consum. Psychol., 14, (1&2), 132–140.
  • IMUG. 2010. MarktForschrungsstudie zur Verbrauchakzeptanz von Elektrofahrzeugen – Ergebnisbericht, Hannover.
  • Kahneman D and Knetsch J. 1992. Valuing public goods: the purchase of moral satisfaction, J. Environ. Econ. Manage., 22, 57–70.
  • Kavalec C. 1999. Vehicle choice in an aging population: some insights from a stated preference survey for California, Energy J., 20, (3), 123–138.
  • Knight MJ. 2001. Stated preferences for alternative-fuel vehicles, MA dissertation. Knight, M.J. Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds.
  • Knockaert J. 2005. The choice for alternative cars, Energy, Transport and Environment. Center for Economic Studies, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven.
  • Lebeau K, Van Mierlob J, Lebeaua P, Mairessea O and Macharis C. 2012. The market potential for plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicles in Flanders: a choice-based conjoint analysis, Transp. Res. Part D Transp. Environ., 17, (8), 592–597.
  • Mabit SL and Fosgerau M. 2011. Demand for alternative-fuel vehicles when registration taxes are high, Transp. Res. Part D Transp. Environ., 16, (3), 225–231.
  • Massiani J. 2012. Using stated preferences to forecast alternative fuel vehicles market diffusion, Ital. J. Reg. Sci., 11, (3), 93–122.
  • Molin E and Brinkman P. 2010. Exploring the relation of personal characteristics with car drivers’ preferences for alternative-fuel vehicles. Transportation Research Board 89th Annual Meeting. Available: http://trid.trb.org/view.aspx?id = 910313 (accessed 25 August, 2013).
  • Molin E, van Stralen W and van Wee B. 2012. Car drivers’ preferences for electric cars. In paper submitted for presentation at the 91st Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington DC.
  • Nobuyuki I, Kenji T and Shunsuke M. 2013. Willingness-to-pay for infrastructure investments for alternative fuel vehicles, Transp. Res. Part D Transp. Environ., 18, (8), 1–8.
  • Nunnally JC and Bernstein IH. 1994. Psychometric theory, 3rd edn, New York, McGraw-Hill.
  • Öko-Institut and ISOE. 2011. Optimierung der Umweltentlastungspotenziale von Elektrofahrzeugen Integrierte Betrachtung von Fahrzeugnutzung und Energiewirtschaft, Berlin.
  • Potoglou D and Kanaroglou PS. 2007. Household demand and willingness to pay for clean vehicles, Transp. Res. Part D Transp. Environ., 12, (4), 264–274.
  • Ramjerdi F and Rand L. 1999. Demand for clean fuel car in Norway. Presented at the 2nd KFB Research Conference. Lund, Sweden, 7–8 June.
  • Segal R. 1995. Forecasting the market for electric vehicles in California using conjoint analysis, Energy J., 16, (3), 89–112.
  • Tompkins M, Bunch D, Santini D, Bradley M, Vyas A and Poyer D. 1998. Determinants of alternative fuel vehicle choice in the continental United States, Transp. Res. Rec., 1641, (1), 130–138.
  • Train KE. 1980. The potential demand for non-gasoline-powered automobiles, Transp. Res., 14A, 405–414.
  • Turrentine TS and Kurani KS. 2006. Car buyers and fuel economy? Energy Policy, 35, 1213–1223.
  • Ziegler A. 2012. Individual characteristics and stated preferences for alternative energy sources and propulsion technologies in vehicles: a discrete choice analysis for Germany, Transp. Res. Part A Policy Pract., 46, (8), 1372–1385.
  • Zito P and Salerno S. 2004. Potential demand and cost-benefit analysis of electric cars, Eur. Transp., 27, 1–14.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.