How good are the carrots? : the impact of incentives for alternative fuel vehicles on households' vehicle ownership choice and usage in the United States

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling, Dorcas Kwan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Alternative Fuel ◽  
The United States ◽  
Vehicle Ownership ◽  
Alternative Fuel Vehicles ◽  
Ownership Choice ◽  
The Impact

Development Trends in Automation

2022 ◽  
pp. 160-167
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Autonomous Vehicles ◽  
The United States ◽  
Current Development ◽  
Vehicle Ownership ◽  
Development Trends ◽  
Private Vehicle ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Impact

This chapter analyzes current development trends in automation. The chapter begins by discussing the history of automation in the 21st century, beginning with Honda's creation of ASIMO. Next, the chapter analyzes how automation gave rise to the relocating of many Western manufacturing centers to Asia, particularly those in the United States. The chapter then analyzes trends in the development of autonomous vehicles. This section includes a detailed projection of likely developments over the next several decades, such as the impact of autonomous vehicles on private vehicle ownership. The chapter concludes with a brief summary of these trends.

scholarly journals Ownership and Usage Analysis of Alternative Fuel Vehicles in the United States with the 2017 National Household Travel Survey Data

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 2262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuefang Li ◽  
Chenhui Liu ◽  
Jianmin Jia
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Electric Vehicles ◽  
Hybrid Electric Vehicles ◽  
Alternative Fuel ◽  
The United States ◽  
Alternative Fuel Vehicles ◽  
Household Travel Survey ◽  
Household Travel ◽  
National Household Travel Survey ◽  
Daily Trip

By using the 2017 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) data, this study explores the status quo of ownership and usage of conventional vehicles (CVs) and alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs), i.e., Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs), Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) and Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs), in the United States. The young ages of HEVs (6.0 years), PHEVs (3.2 years) and BEVs (3.1 years) demonstrate the significance of the 2017 NHTS data. The results show that after two decades of development, AFVs only occupy about 5% of annual vehicle sales, and their share does not show big increases in recent years. Meanwhile, although HEVs still dominate the AFV market, the share of PHEVs & BEVs has risen to nearly 50% in 2017. In terms of ownership, income still seems to be a major factor influencing AFV adoption, with the median annual household incomes of CVs, HEVs, PHEVs and BEVs being $75,000, $100,000, $150,000 and $200,000, respectively. Besides, AFV households are more likely to live in urban areas, especially large metropolitan areas. Additionally, for AFVs, the proportions of old drivers are much smaller than CVs, indicating this age group might still have concerns regarding adopting AFVs. In terms of travel patterns, the mean and 85th percentile daily trip distances of PHEVs and HEVs are significantly larger than CVs, followed by BEVs. BEVs might still be able to replace CVs for meeting most travel demands after a single charge, considering most observed daily trip distances are fewer than 93.5 km for CVs. However, the observed max daily trip distances of AFVs are still much smaller than CVs, implying increasing the endurance to meet extremely long-distance travel demands is pivotal for encouraging consumers to adopt AFVs instead of CVs in the future.

scholarly journals A Baselining of Alternative Fuel Usage

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Jack Fuller ◽  
Robert Bessette
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Resource Constraints ◽  
Alternative Fuel ◽  
The United States ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Important Research ◽  
Energy Field ◽  
Important Research Area ◽  
The Impact

Alternative fuel usage is becoming a more and more prevalent topic of discussion and important research area for those who work in the energy field and perform research on energy topics. This interest is due to the dwindling supply and increasing cost of more traditional energy supplies, as well as environmental considerations. Bio-fuels have now become an important research area as they have the potential to be able to replace some portion of the current United States dependence on traditional energy sources. This research project performed a baselining effort on as large a sample of solid fuel boilers (utilizing the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) data) as was possible given the time and resource constraints of the project. This baselining effort in particular focused on alternative fuel usage commonly used in facilities surveyed across the United States. It is felt that the baselining report generated as a result of this effort will provide valuable assistance to researchers as they continue to analyze the impact of alternative fuel usage (particularly the use of bio-fuels). This is a relatively new research field that will impact much of the focus on energy generation and fuel supplies for many years to come.

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