Investigating Market Diffusion of Electric Vehicles with Experimental Design of Agent-Based Modeling Simulation

被引:10
作者
Ebrie, Awol Seid [1 ]
Kim, Young Jin [2 ]
机构
[1] Pukyong Natl Univ, Dept Ind & Data Engn, Major Ind Data Sci & Engn, Busan 48513, South Korea
[2] Pukyong Natl Univ, Dept Syst Management & Engn, Busan 48513, South Korea
来源
SYSTEMS | 2022年 / 10卷 / 02期
基金
新加坡国家研究基金会;
关键词
electric vehicles; market diffusion; agent-based model; experimental design; multinomial utility function; ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES; CONSUMER PREFERENCES; PENETRATION;
D O I
10.3390/systems10020028
中图分类号
C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ;
摘要
The transportation sector is recognized as one of the largest contributors to the problems of global warming and environmental pollution, and is responsible for a great deal of global energy consumption, which is heavily dependent upon scarce crude oil reserves. Different countries have adopted promotional policies to replace conventional internal combustion engine vehicles with electric vehicles as a means of mitigating global warming. Nevertheless, the current market share of eco-friendly vehicles remains stagnant in many parts of the world. This study aims to investigate the impact and relative importance of financial, technical, and political measures on the market penetration of electric vehicles using an agent-based simulation. More specifically, a series of agent-based simulation experiments is carried out following the statistical experimental design scheme to systematically assess the diffusion of electric vehicles. Affected by various factors and measures, the choice behavior of individual agents is modeled with a multinomial logit utility function of experimental factors. The simulated data are analyzed using different analysis methods, including full factorial analysis, response surface methodology, and support vector machine, in order to scrutinize the effects of different measures. It is advocated that factors affecting the choice of vehicle by individuals, including two-way interactions among various measures as well as policy measures such as purchase subsidies and tax breaks, have more significant effects on the widespread adoption of electric vehicles than do technical improvements in terms of battery charging times and driving mileage. This implies that the adoption of such measures needs to be carefully designed in order to account for potential interactions among individual measures as well as their main effects on the diffusion of electric vehicles.
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