Morton, C, Anable, J orcid.org/0000-0002-4259-1641 and Nelson, JD (2016) Exploring consumer preferences towards electric vehicles: The influence of consumer innovativeness. Research in Transportation Business and Management, 18. pp. 18-28. ISSN 2210-5395
Abstract
The diffusion of electric vehicles (EVs) is regarded as an important aspect of government policy which aims to generate a transition to a low-carbon mobility system in the United Kingdom and the wider European context. This paper investigates consumer demand for EVs by examining the influence of consumer innovativeness alongside attitudes concerning the functional capabilities of EVs over EV preferences. A conceptual framework is developed and applied which includes measurements of innovativeness at both an adoptive level, through an assessment of technology ownership, and at an innate level, by measuring a cohort of psychological and sociological factors. Additionally, the framework incorporates measurements of attitudes towards the functional performance of EVs to determine their effect on preferences. Data has been collected through the application of a self-completion household survey distributed over the cities of Dundee and Newcastle upon Tyne in the United Kingdom. Results of the analysis indicate that adoptive innovativeness and attitudes concerning the functional performance of EVs significantly affect preferences for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and battery electric vehicles (BEVs).
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016, Elsevier Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Research in Transportation Business & Management. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Electric vehicles; Consumer innovativeness; Vehicle preferences; Psychometric analysis |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > Institute for Transport Studies (Leeds) > ITS: Sustainable Transport Policy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 28 Jun 2016 13:36 |
Last Modified: | 11 Apr 2017 15:38 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2016.01.007 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.rtbm.2016.01.007 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:99477 |