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HOU Gen, TIAN Lun, PAN Xiaofeng, XUE Xiaowei. Identifying the Determinants of Travelers Choosing Electric Vehicles in the Context of Intercity Travel[J]. Journal of Transport Information and Safety, 2025, 43(4): 139-148. doi: 10.3963/j.jssn.1674-4861.2025.04.014
Citation: HOU Gen, TIAN Lun, PAN Xiaofeng, XUE Xiaowei. Identifying the Determinants of Travelers Choosing Electric Vehicles in the Context of Intercity Travel[J]. Journal of Transport Information and Safety, 2025, 43(4): 139-148. doi: 10.3963/j.jssn.1674-4861.2025.04.014
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Identifying the Determinants of Travelers Choosing Electric Vehicles in the Context of Intercity Travel

doi: 10.3963/j.jssn.1674-4861.2025.04.014
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    CCCC Second Highway Consultants CO., LTD., Wuhan 430056, China

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    Intelligent Transportation Systems Research Center, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China

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    Engineering Research Center of Transportation Information and Safety of Ministry of Education, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China

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    School of Transportation and Logistics Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China

  • Received Date: 2024-07-10
    Abstract
  • Due to the current battery techniques and travelers' range anxiety, the electric vehicles are most commonly used in the context of intra-city travel. In order to improve the usage of electric vehicles, it is necessary to investigate travelers' choice toward electric vehicles in the context of intercity travel. To this end, this study conducted a survey based on a stated preference experiment, where the respondents are requested to choose electric vehicles or fuel vehicles based on the given travel context. 400 valid questionnaires are finally collected. Next, a mixed Logit model is established and travelers' heterogeneous preferences toward electric vehicles are analyzed, based on which travelers' value of time and the elasticity of electric vehicles' endurance mileage are computed and related policy implications aiming to increase the market share and usage of electric vehicles are put forward. The research results show the following conclusions: ①The considered attributes in the experiment significantly influence travelers' choosing electric vehicles for intercity travel. Specifically, the taste parameter of ratio of freeway follows a normal distribution with μ =-0.473 and σ =0.818 for electric vehicles and a normal distribution with μ =-0.576 and σ = 1.371 for fossil-fueled vehicles, respective; the taste parameter of congested travel time for electric vehicles and endurance mileage follow negative log-normal distribution with μ =0.397 and σ =0.422 and log-normal distribution with μ =-1.053 and σ =0.356, respectively. ②In terms of electric vehicles, travelers have largest value of time when congested traveling (133.16 CNY/h), followed by those when queueing for charging (71.83 CNY/h), charging (54.05 CNY/h) and free traveling (52.50 CNY/h) in sequence. In terms of fossil-fueled vehicles, travelers have largest value of time when queueing for fueling (453.43 CNY/h), followed by those when congested traveling (159.14 CNY/h), free traveling (60.57 Yuan/h) and fueling (54.05 CNY/h) in sequence. ③If electric vehicles' endurance mileages are increased by 1%, its corresponding market share of sample in this case study would be increased by 0.17%.

     

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