Abstract Increased use of electric vehicles (EVs) has the potential to reduce carbon emissions. Therefore, predicting the impact of governments' EV incentive policies on the future uptake of EVs is important. This study estimates the impact of incentive policies introduced in the Australian Capital Territory. This estimation is conducted through constructing a microsimulation model and using it to assess the impact of the incentive policies on the purchase of EVs for households in different income quintiles. In the model, the decision about purchasing an EV is based largely on the total cost of ownership of an EV compared to the vehicle already owned and the additional utility of having a new vehicle. The application of the model shows that, regardless of incentives, a drop in the price of EVs will play the most important role in uptake. Incentives will help lower to middle income households, although EV demand is dominated by those in the highest income quintile. Importantly, however, incentives can increase uptake in locations with previously low uptake. Future work needs to focus on the reliability of data on EV's, and how to incorporate the rapid change in the market (eg, rapid uptake of EV's in the ACT) seen in the last few years.

    Highlights The assessment of government policies designed to increase EV uptake can be conducted using microsimulation modelling. EV purchasing incentives are likely to be most effective if the average purchase price of EVs is close to the $50,000 price point. Targeting EV purchasing incentives at low-income households may increase the spread of EV uptake but reduce the total number of purchases. While the work showed some limitations of microsimulation modelling for estimating the impact of EV policy, overall the application provided a useful tool for the ACT Government in deciding on policies to implement to encourage EV usage in the ACT.


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    Titel :

    Simulating electric vehicle policy in the Australian capital territory


    Beteiligte:
    Vidyattama, Yogi (Autor:in) / Tanton, Robert (Autor:in) / Sinclair, Darren (Autor:in) / Schirmer, Jacki (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Transport Policy ; 149 ; 91-99


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2024-01-25


    Format / Umfang :

    9 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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