Do electric vehicles need subsidies? Ownership costs for conventional, hybrid, and electric vehicles in 14 U.S. cities

Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are an important pathway for decarbonizing transportation and reducing petroleum dependence. Although one barrier to adoption is the higher purchase price, advocates suggest that fuel and maintenance savings can make BEVs economical over time. To assess this empirica...

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Published in:Energy policy 2018-09, Vol.120, p.238-249
Main Authors: Breetz, Hanna L., Salon, Deborah
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alternative fuel vehicles
Batteries
Battery electric vehicles
Cities
Competition
Competitiveness
Cost analysis
Cost control
Costs
Decarbonization
Dependence
Depreciation
Economic analysis
Electric vehicles
Electricity
Energy policy
Fuel economy
Fuels
Hybrid vehicles
Impact analysis
Incentives
Innovations
Insurance
issues and policy
Maintenance costs
Optimism
Ownership
Parameter sensitivity
Petroleum
Prices
Pricing policies
Resale value
Savings
Scaling
Sensitivity analysis
Subsidies
Total cost of ownership
Transportation
United States
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