Electric vehicles are considered the automobile technology in the future. However, consumers are not willing to purchase electric vehicles in China. Thus, it is necessary to analyze key factors influencing the willingness to purchase electric vehicles. This paper applies the chi-square test and a binary logistic regression model based on the questionnaires of 1057 Chinese online consumers. The ...

An electric vehicle is a promising and futuristic automobile propelled by electric motor(s), using electrical energy stored in batteries or another energy storage device. Due to the need of battery recharging, the cars will be required to visit recharging infrastructure very frequently. This may disclose the users’ private information, such as their location, which may expose users’ privacy. In...

The increasing automobile vehicles and congestions in the world cause critical pollutions such as air and noise. Hence, we need comprehensive measures to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emission in transportation area. Many researchers have studied the impact of adopting ecofriendly vehicles such as electric vehicle (EV), hybrid electric vehicle (HEV), plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), and fu...

• Components of Photochemical Smog • Why High Levels of Ozone in the Air are Undesirable Antioxidants in the Lungs Ozone as an Oxidizing Agent • Automobile Emissions Increase Ozone Concentrations Incomplete Combustion of Gasoline Produces Volatile Organic Hydrocarbons (VOC) Combustion at High Temperatures Produces NO VOC, NO and Sunlight Result in Ozone Formation • Reducing Nitrogen Oxides and ...

greenhouse gas emissions, and the low carbon fuel standard. • Electric drive technology has advanced in performance and reduced in cost, with much improvement in electric motors and power electronics and with high-performance lithium-based batteries now on the cusp of volume production. • The dramatic rise in crude oil and gasoline prices in 2008 spurred a consumer shift toward more efficient v...

History provides numerous examples of incumbent market leaders being leapfrogged by newcomers that have exploited the opportunities offered by new technologies. In light of the growing number of ecological threats linked to the use of the internal combustion engine, can Chinese auto manufacturers, which are newcomers to the industry, beat out the established Japanese, European, and North Americ...

We analyze a fuel automobile (FA) supply chain and an electric-and-fuel automobile (EA-FA) supply chain in a duopoly setting, under a government’s subsidy incentive scheme that is implemented to promote the electric automobile (EA) for the control of air pollution. Benefiting from such a scheme, each EA consumer can enjoy a subsidy from the government. We show that the incentive scheme is more ...

Automobile emissions such as carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide and particulate matter are coming under progressively strict regulations worldwide. Meeting the increasingly severe requirements will require wider use of electric vehicles, including hybrid electric cars, and of high-efficiency electrified powertrains for better fuel economy. For this, implementation of still more compact, higher outp...