Total cost of ownership and its potential implications for electric vehicle diffusion
2014 (English)In: Proceedings of NordDesign 2014 Conference, NordDesign 2014, Aalto University , 2014, p. 366-375Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
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Abstract [en]
Battery Electric Vehicles have been slow to diffuse on the international as well as the Swedish market. Existing literature have pointed to situational factors such as economical factors, size and performance to be of high importance for car purchasers in their choice of car. In this paper the authors investigates the apparent discrepancy between purchase price and the Total Cost of Ownership between Internal Combustion Engine Vehicles and Battery Electric Vehicles. The Total Cost of Ownership computation reveals that Battery Electric Vehicles can be cost competitive with Internal Combustion Engine Vehicles, a significant finding that could prove to be of importance for the diffusion of Battery Electric Vehicles, although further studies are needed to test car purchasers' knowledge regarding the Total Cost of Ownership analysis.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Aalto University , 2014. p. 366-375
Keywords [en]
Diffusion of innovation, Electric Vehicles, Sustainability, Total Cost of Ownership, Automobile engines, Battery electric vehicles, Combustion, Costs, Electric batteries, Engines, Internal combustion engines, Secondary batteries, Sustainable development, Vehicles, Cost competitive, Diffusion of innovations, Economical factors, Internal combustion engine vehicles, Situational factors, Swedish markets, Total-cost-of-ownership analysis, Cost benefit analysis
National Category
Mechanical Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-187576Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84962440921ISBN: 9781904670582 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-187576DiVA, id: diva2:937135
Conference
10th Biannual NordDesign Conference, NordDesign 2014, 27 August 2014 through 29 August 2014
Note
QC 20160615
2016-06-152016-05-252024-03-18Bibliographically approved