An electric car in the two-car household – Use and adaptation
Research Project, 2014
– 2017
The project's basic question is: How can potential early adopters exploit and adapt to the potential for an electric car (EV)? In an earlier project we logged with GPS the car movements in various two-car households and analysed the potential for an EV in these: To what extent can an EV replacing one of the conventional cars contribute to the household’s car transport? In this project we will place an EV in some of these households. The goal is to substitute in 20 households one of the cars with an EV and then log the movements of both cars and register the recharging for 4 months. We thus have a unique opportunity to analyse how the EV is used and how its potential is exploited. We will also interview the households before and at the end of the logging campaign. An analysis is made of how the household has experienced and have adapted to the new conditions. The project will contribute to a better understanding of the opportunities and obstacles of an introduction of EVs in Sweden.
Participants
Sten Karlsson (contact)
Chalmers, Space, Earth and Environment, Physical Resource Theory
Lars Henrik Björnsson
Chalmers, Space, Earth and Environment, Physical Resource Theory
Niklas Jakobsson
Chalmers, Space, Earth and Environment, Physical Resource Theory
Frances Sprei
Chalmers, Space, Earth and Environment, Physical Resource Theory
Collaborations
Test Site Sweden
Göteborg, Sweden
Funding
Swedish Energy Agency
Project ID: 35880-2
Funding Chalmers participation during 2014–2016
Swedish Energy Agency
Project ID: 35880-2
Funding Chalmers participation during 2014–2017
Related Areas of Advance and Infrastructure
Sustainable development
Driving Forces
Transport
Areas of Advance
Energy
Areas of Advance