Zatsarnaja, J., Reiter, K., Mehdizadeh, M. orcid.org/0000-0001-6531-5941 et al. (2 more authors) (2025) Charged up with peace in mind: Unraveling the factors of range anxiety among norwegian electric vehicle drivers. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 110. pp. 15-28. ISSN: 1369-8478
Abstract
Range anxiety and its associated factors are crucial for designing effective solutions to enhance the Electric Vehicle (EV) user experience. The present study is based on a survey of 1,005 EV drivers in Norway. It aims to provide insights into the perception of range anxiety in a country with well-developed electric mobility. We contribute to the state-of-the-art by exploring the concept of range anxiety based on eleven potential explanatory variables describing EV adopters’ driving experience, charging-related user experience, psychological characteristics, and socio-demographics. Our analysis showed that the longer the EV driving experience, the greater the perceived ease of charging and charging flexibility, the lower the range anxiety will be. Further, stronger control beliefs over EV's charging state and willingness to take risks relate to lower range anxiety. Additionally, being younger and being female are associated with lower range anxiety among EV drivers. However, perceived helpfulness of charging guidance, technology openness, and settlement size of EV drivers are not significantly associated with range anxiety. Our study highlights the importance of providing situation- and user-oriented charging information, a smooth and easy-to-understand charging process, and the need to support EV drivers who are less experienced, older, and routine-based.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Electric Mobility; Electric Vehicles; Charging Behavior; Range Anxiety |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > Institute for Transport Studies (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 23 Sep 2025 09:26 |
Last Modified: | 23 Sep 2025 09:26 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.trf.2025.02.006 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:231557 |