Exploring the suitability of electric vehicles in the United States
Authored by Mehdi Noori, Yang Zhao, Nuri C Onat, Omer Tatari, Murat Kucular, Mikhail Chester
Date Published: 2017
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2017.01.035
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Abstract
This study explores suitability of battery electric vehicles in the
United States by considering their potential market share and operations
costs as well as the state-specific variations in electricity generation
profiles, given current government policies and the social acceptability
of the technology. A performance assessment is developed to compare each
state and identify major policy efforts that are needed to increase the
environmental and economic competitiveness of electric vehicles. A novel
multi-criteria decision-support framework, integrating Life Cycle
Assessment, Data Envelopment Analysis, and Agent Based Modeling, is
developed. To this end, the environmental and economic impacts of
battery electric vehicles are calculated based on three scenarios: an
average electricity generation mix, a marginal electricity generation
mix, and a solely renewable energy mix with 100\% solar. The states are
classified, each requiring different policy strategies, in accordance
with their performance scores. The results provide important insights
for advancing transportation policies and a novel framework for
multi-criteria decision-making in the future analyses. (C) 2017 Elsevier
Ltd. All rights reserved.
Tags
Agent Based Modeling
data envelopment analysis
Life-cycle assessment
Environmental impacts
Plug-in hybrid
Sustainability assessment
Life cycle
assessment
Energy policy
Sustainable transportation
Transportation policy
Multi-criteria decision support
Eco-efficiency
assessment
Operational
efficiency
Manufacturing sectors
Footprint
analysis
Frontier approach