Commercial fleets as early markets for electric vehicles

Publikationstyp
Conference Paper
Date Issued
2013
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Trümper, Sören Christian  orcid-logo
Institut
Verkehrsplanung und Logistik W-8  
TORE-URI
http://hdl.handle.net/11420/5979
Start Page
1941
End Page
1946
Article Number
6728513
Citation
16th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), 2013 ; 6 - 9 Oct. 2013, Kurhaus, The Hague, The Netherlands. - Piscataway, NJ : IEEE, 2013. - Art.-Nr. 6728513 i.e. Seite 1941-1946
Contribution to Conference
16th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), 2013, 6 - 9 Oct. 2013, Kurhaus, The Hague, The Netherlands  
Publisher DOI
10.1109/ITSC.2013.6728513
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-84894374097
Publisher
IEEE
Albeit ambitious political targets for the introduction of electric mobility, actual sales figures for battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles stay low in Germany as in most other industrial countries. High purchase prices alone seem like an easy, yet too simple answer since a range of expensive conventional vehicles has always been sold in the market. The paper explores two technical limitations of electric vehicles and their impact on the use-case of private car-owners, at the same time pointing out which other use-cases - namely commercial fleets - are not affected by these and can thus serve as an early market for the introduction of battery-electric vehicles. The study draws from data collected in fleet trials with more than 350 electric vehicles in Hamburg (Germany) between the years 2009-2011 and current surveys amongst nearly 1,000 businesses.
DDC Class
330: Wirtschaft
380: Handel, Kommunikation, Verkehr