Promoting Electric Vehicles for Sustainable Urban Transport: How to Do It This Time Right
In recent years various types of electric vehicles
has gained again increasing attention as an environmentally
benign technology in transport. Especially for urban areas with
high local pollution this Zero-emission technology (at the point
of use) is considered to provide proper solutions. Yet, the bad
economics and the limited driving ranges are still major barriers
for a broader market penetration of battery electric vehicles
(BEV) and of fuel cell vehicles (FCV). The major result of our
analyses is that the most important precondition for a further
dissemination of BEV in urban areas are emission-free zones.
This is an instrument which allows the promotion of BEV
without providing excessive subsidies. In addition, it is
important to note that the full benefits of EV can only be
harvested if the electricity used is produced from renewable
energy sources. That is to say, it has to be ensured that the use of
BEV in urban areas is clearly linked to a green electricity
purchase model. And moreover, the introduction of a CO2-
emission-based tax system would support this requirement.
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prospects of battery electric, hybrid and fuel cell vehicles, APPEEC,
Shanghai 2012.
[1] Bellis, M. History of Electric Vehicles, about.com, 2013.
[2] Ajanovic et al., 2011b: Action Plan of the project ALTER-MOTIVE,
Vienna 2011.
[3] Mom G. (2004). The Electric Vehicle: Technology and Expectations in
the Automobile Age. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
[4] Santini, D.J. Electric Vehicle Waves of History: Lessons Learned about
Market Deployment of Electric Vehicles, www.intechopen.com, 2011.
[5] Sulzberger, C An early Warrior: Electric Vehicles in the Early years of
the Automobile, IEEE Power Engineering Society, 2004 (4).
[6] Chan, C.C. The state of the Art of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles. Proc.
Of the IEEE, 90(2), 2002, pp. 247-275.
[7] Ajanovic A., Renewable Fuels - a comparative Assessment from
Economic, Energetic and Ecological Point-of-View up to 2050 in EUCountries.
Renewable Energy (forthcoming) 2013.
[8] Chan, C.C. The state of the Art of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles. Proc.
Of the IEEE, 95(4), 2007, pp. 704-718.
[9] Ajanovic A., R. Haas: A comparison of Technical and economic
prospects of battery electric, hybrid and fuel cell vehicles, APPEEC,
Shanghai 2012.
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has gained again increasing attention as an environmentally
benign technology in transport. Especially for urban areas with
high local pollution this Zero-emission technology (at the point
of use) is considered to provide proper solutions. Yet, the bad
economics and the limited driving ranges are still major barriers
for a broader market penetration of battery electric vehicles
(BEV) and of fuel cell vehicles (FCV). The major result of our
analyses is that the most important precondition for a further
dissemination of BEV in urban areas are emission-free zones.
This is an instrument which allows the promotion of BEV
without providing excessive subsidies. In addition, it is
important to note that the full benefits of EV can only be
harvested if the electricity used is produced from renewable
energy sources. That is to say, it has to be ensured that the use of
BEV in urban areas is clearly linked to a green electricity
purchase model. And moreover, the introduction of a CO2-
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