Mobility behavior of companies in urban areas: A triangulation approach to explore the potential for battery electric vehicle

Start Page
239
End Page
251
Citation
in Urban Freight Transportation Systems: 239-251 (2020)
Publisher DOI
10.1016/B978-0-12-817362-6.00013-6
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85082051460
Publisher
Elsevier
For a holistic view on commercial mobility, traditional monomethod approaches are not sufficient. The purpose of this chapter is to give a better understanding of the benefits of triangulation in the mobility research context, more precisely in exploring the substitution potential for BEV in commercial fleets. It is shown that the combination of multiple methods can help to cope with the challenges of commercial mobility understanding. One major finding is that the mixture of quantitative and qualitative data can reveal the differences between subjective and objective behavior in a commercial mobility context. The understanding of these differences leads to drivers and barriers for establishing the new technology and a more profound estimation of the potential for BEV substitutions.
Schlagworte
Battery electric vehicles
BEV
Commercial fleets
Mixed methods
Mobility behavior
Triangulation
DDC Class
000: Allgemeines, Wissenschaft