Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/234726 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
MAGKS Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics No. 28-2020
Publisher: 
Philipps-University Marburg, School of Business and Economics, Marburg
Abstract: 
We use car-level micro data to provide empirical evidence on the usage of conventional and electric vehicles (EVs) in private and car sharing fleets in Germany. We shed light on both monetary and non-monetary barriers to EV adoption and usage by exploiting the feature that variable costs are identical for shared vehicles but different for private car owners across engine types. While drivers respond to monetary incentives when using conventional cars, this does not hold for EVs. We find that EVs are, on average, driven shorter distances than conventional vehicles, both in terms of annual and single-day mileage, even if costs are identical. We also document that car sharing intensifies the usage of conventional cars but not that of EVs.
Subjects: 
Electric vehicles
internal combustion engine vehicles
barriers to adoption
cruising range
driving patterns
car sharing
range limitations
range anxiety
JEL: 
R41
D12
Q50
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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