Household demand and willingness to pay for hybrid vehicles

Liu, Yizao

doi:10.1016/j.eneco.2014.03.027

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“…The findings from previous research concerning the impact of household location on preferences for all kinds of AFVs is also rather mixed, i.e. both a positive impact (Antolín et al, 2018;Liu, 2014;Egbue and Long, 2012;Musti and Kockelman, 2011;Skippon and Garwood, 2011) as well as a negative impact (Antolín et al, 2018;Plötz et al, 2014;Paleti et al, 2011) of urban location on AFV choice probability is described.…”

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“…(5) Housing conditions and location and characteristics of the residential neighborhood (Antolín et al, 2018;Liu, 2014;Jäggi et al, 2013;Li et al, 2013;Musti and Kockelman, 2011;Paleti et al, 2011); and 5 (6) Psychological factors, encompassing attitudes, perceptions, and preferences of the decision-maker -environmental attitude (e.g. Bahamonde-Birke and Hanappi, 2016; Daziano and Bolduc, 2013;Hackbarth and Madlener, 2013;Jensen et al, 2013;Achtnicht et al, 2012;Ewing and Sarigöllü, 2000), technical interest (Soto et al, 2018;Hackbarth and Madlener, 2016;Kim et al, 2014, Hidrue et al, 2011, personal knowledge about AFVs (Hahn et al, 2018), and attitude towards specific vehicle attributes (e.g.…”

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Combined Vehicle Type and Fuel Type Choices of Private Households: An Empirical Analysis for Germany

Hackbarth

Madlener

2018

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This paper examines joint consumer purchasing decisions of vehicle type and fuel type based on a dataset from a Germany-wide survey among 1500 potential car buyers. The goal is to study the buyer segments that are considering to purchase the different types of vehicles and to identify the main determinants influencing the joint choice decision: socio-demographic and household characteristics, attitudes and preferences, as well as vehicle-related attributes. Based on a nested logit model, our results suggest that although German car buyers' are very heterogeneous regarding their preferences, several similarities are found between buyers of specific vehicle types (10 vehicle classes) and specific fuel types (gasoline, diesel, alternative fuel), e.g. smaller cars and alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) have commonalities regarding individual's environmental awareness/behavior and fuel consumption/costs. Policy-makers, when tailoring their policies, can benefit from making use of the specific insights gained from this particularly comprehensive study, and the comparisons made with the German and international scientific literature on the topic. For instance, the similarities between buyers preferring specific fuel types and specific vehicle types can be used for tailorized measures to incentivize individuals' vehicle type shifting (e.g from larger to smaller vehicles), fuel type switching (e.g. from fossil-fuelled vehicles to AFVs), or both.

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Combined Vehicle Type and Fuel Type Choices of Private Households: An Empirical Analysis for Germany

Hackbarth

Madlener

2018

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“…WTP for automobiles Consumers rate financial factors before environmental ones (Krupa et al 2014). Even with expected fuel cost savings when using a hybrid vehicle, consumers are only willing to pay a modest premium which often lies under the initial premium that car manufacturers demand for hybrid vehicles (Krupa et al 2014;Liu 2014). For German consumers, the focus still lies on the use phase and their WTP for a decrease of CO 2 emissions is positive but dependent on their sociographic affiliation (Achtnicht 2012).…”

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Introducing a product sustainability budget at an automotive company—one option to increase the use of LCSA results in decision-making processes

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Lehmann

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Int J Life Cycle Assess

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Purpose:The assessment and improvement of sustainability impacts of products is integral to achieve sustainable development. A way to assess the impact of a product over its entire life cycle on all three dimensions of sustainability (environment, economy and society) is Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA). LCSA suggests to carry out three complementary assessments: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Life Cycle Costing (LCC) and Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA). While LCA is widely applied across various industries, the use of LCSA at industrial companies is still scarce. This is, inter alia, due to the challenges in data acquisition in S-LCA and missing support in decision making based on LCSA results as well as their implementation in the decision processes at companies. This thesis aims at remediating these shortcomings to achieve its overarching goal: Increasing the applicability of LCSA to identify and implement product sustainability improvement potential. For this, three research objectives were defined to address the main impediments. First, an approach to select social indicators and to focus primary data collection in S-LCA. Second, a method to interpret LCSA results for decision makers. Third, a mechanism to integrate LCSA based results into product-related decision making at an automotive company. Methods:To put the LCSA framework into practice at an automotive company, it was applied to the component level of a vehicle to assess the impact of every component over its life cycle. In the proposed framework, criticality scores for every LCSA dimension were defined. They were calculated based on the relative performance of a component in the respective LCSA dimension (LCA, LCC and S-LCA) to the rest of the components of the assessed vehicle. This conceptual approach formed the bearing for the integration of the individual research objectives. The three research objectives were addressed in individual publications. The results of these separate papers were combined to increase the applicability of the conceptual approach of the LCSA framework. Multi-Regional Input-Output (MRIO) databases were assessed regarding their possible use to address the first research objective.The findings were applied to enable an assessment of the S-LCA dimension in the LCSA framework.A study on the weighting of sustainability dimensions by decision makers in an automotive company was carried out to tackle the second research objective. The results were used to determine an overall LCSA impact result for every component of a vehicle. To address the third research objective, the customer added value of product sustainability features was investigated. The results were used to create a mechanism that enabled the integration of the assessment results of the LCSA framework alongside other indicators in product-related decision processes at an automotive company. Results:Supply chain analysis based on MRIO analysis did not offer substantial support for focusing primary data collection in S-LCA. Therefore, a material-based appr...

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“…For Policy 7b, the hybrid program, conventional cars in the model are assumed to be replaced by hybrid cars, based on Liu's (2014) comparison of the cost and efficiency of a conventional car with a similar hybrid car. Note the assumption is that the hybrid cars do not include plug-in hybrids given this would be likely to increase electricity demand in Saudi Arabia significantly.…”

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“…Note the assumption is that the hybrid cars do not include plug-in hybrids given this would be likely to increase electricity demand in Saudi Arabia significantly. According to Liu (2014), the hybrid car is, in terms of fuel consumption, 26 percent more efficient but 17 percent more expensive.…”

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The Value of Saving Oil in Saudi Arabia

Pierru¹

2018

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Household demand and willingness to pay for hybrid vehicles

Cited by 26 publications

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Combined Vehicle Type and Fuel Type Choices of Private Households: An Empirical Analysis for Germany

Combined Vehicle Type and Fuel Type Choices of Private Households: An Empirical Analysis for Germany

Introducing a product sustainability budget at an automotive company—one option to increase the use of LCSA results in decision-making processes

The Value of Saving Oil in Saudi Arabia

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