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Abstract: Electric Vehicles (EV) are not a new concept, they have been in the minds of people since the days of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford. Recent developments in EV technology have put them in the center stage once again. Developing the infrastructure to aid the adoption of EVs is widely viewed as crucial for transportation policy and planning. Within this framework, I ask: where is the demand ... read morefor EVs and where the infrastructure can be improved to create demand? One goal of my research is to identify clusters of areas where EV ownership is higher and correlate that to a set of variables. This thesis involves a spatial analysis to determine if the demand for EVs are clustering and whether this clustering can be predicted by a set of variables from built environment and socio-economics. My hypothesis is that there should be a higher demand for EVs in denser urban areas. I found variables such as walkability, commute times, population density to be statistically significant contributors to EV demand, however their effect on increasing sales is somewhat questionable.
Thesis (M.S.)--Tufts University, 2018.
Submitted to the Dept. of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning.
Advisors: Justin Hollander, and Sumeeta Srinivasan.
Keywords: Alternative energy, Transportation, and Environmental studies.read less
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