Demand for green and fossil fuel automobiles
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00025950%3A_____%2F24%3AN0000053" target="_blank" >RIV/00025950:_____/24:N0000053 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096585642400332X?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096585642400332X?via%3Dihub</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2024.104284" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.tra.2024.104284</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Demand for green and fossil fuel automobiles
Original language description
Net-zero policy targets will require a transition from conventional vehicles (CVs) to greener alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs). This paper examines what influences the demand for AFVs and CVs in the UK’s large automobile market, looking at vehicle attributes, prices, and other factors, such as brands, country of origin, car segments, and vehicle equipment. Using an extensive, unique dataset covering the period 2008–2019, we compute own-price, cross-price, and demand elasticities for CVs and AFVs. Applying a random-coefficient discrete-choice model of demand, and controlling for consumer heterogeneity, unobserved product characteristics, and price endogeneity, we find that the key drivers of demand are prices, fuel consumption, and vehicle size, with similar demand sensitivity between CVs and AFVs. Demand falls by 3%–5% for a ₤1,000 increase in price for both CVs and AFVs, conditional on the quality and availability of substitutes. This indicates that UK consumers are not willing to pay a price premium for AFVs, suggesting little value placed on the “greenness” of AFVs. We estimate that a ₤1,000 subsidy to AFV purchases would lead to 4% of consumers switching to the greener vehicles. While CVs and AFVs exhibit similar price elasticities, vehicle size affects AFV demand by about 40% more, as their purchasers value smaller sized vehicles. Our results indicate that without financial incentives, the uptake of AFVs may remain low, as the higher cost and lower convenience outweighs the environmental considerations for the majority of consumers.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50204 - Business and management
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
ISSN
0965-8564
e-ISSN
1879-2375
Volume of the periodical
190
Issue of the periodical within the volume
nečísl.
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
25
Pages from-to
104284
UT code for WoS article
001342080600001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85206878505