Accelerate Plug-in Electrical Vehicles Adoption via Understanding Household Adoption Decisions and Designing Equitable Transportation Finance Policies

Reducing greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions is a crucial step in combating climate change. Motivated by this objective, many governments around the world, including California, have implemented aggressive policy targets to electrify its transportation sector, especially its light-duty vehicles (LDVs) fleet. While vehicle technology transitions from internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs) to plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs), the transportation infrastructures are experiencing a revenue shortfall, due to the reduction of motor fuel consumption during this technology transition. To address this shortfall, many States have piloted and some have implemented road-usage charge (RUC) programs to directly price vehicle miles travelled (VMT) and to recuperate revenues for transportation infrastructures. California, being at the forefront of both transitions, is well-positioned to capitalize on the momentum of these two transitions to devise sustainable transportation finance mechanisms, while minimizing the financial burdens to low-income populations. Furthermore, it is also crucial to understand how the implementation of a RUC may impact PEV drivers and ICEV drivers differently, especially on their VMT. This research aims to address these policy-relevant questions by investigating cost efficient ways to implement a RUC, evaluating the equity impacts of RUC, and quantifying factors that influence household’s PEV adoption decisions. The results from this series of research projects will inform policymakers to implement cost-effective and equitable solutions for future transportation infrastructure funding as well as transportation electrification.

• Record URL:
  • https://ncst.ucdavis.edu/project/accelerate-plug-electrical-vehicles-adoption-understanding-household-adoption-decisions-and

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $35000
• Contract Numbers:

  DOT 69A3552348319

  DOT 69A3552344814

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 
• Managing Organizations:

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 

  University of California, Davis

  1 Shields Ave
  Davis, California  United States  95616
• Project Managers:

  Iacobucci, Lauren

• Performing Organizations:

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 

  University of California, Davis

  1 Shields Ave
  Davis, California  United States  95616
• Principal Investigators:

  Ji, Jean

  Jenn, Alan

• Start Date: 20231001
• Expected Completion Date: 20240930
• Actual Completion Date: 20240930
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Climate change mitigation; Cost effectiveness; Decision making; Electric vehicles; Equity; Greenhouse gases; Households; Low income groups; Plug-in hybrid vehicles; Policy; Sustainable transportation; User charges; Vehicle miles of travel
• Geographic Terms: California
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Finance; Highways; Policy; Society; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01900324
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Center for Sustainable Transportation
• Contract Numbers: DOT 69A3552348319, DOT 69A3552344814
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Nov 21 2023 11:23AM