Refueling Infrastructure Preferences and the Adoption of Alternative-Fuel Vehicles

加油基础设施偏好和替代燃料汽车的采用

• 批准号: 1660514
• 负责人: Michael Kuby
• 金额: $ 27.5万
• 依托单位: Arizona State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-06-01 至 2023-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1660514&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Refueling; Infrastructure; Preferences; Adoption; Alternative

This research project will examine how the geographic arrangement of alternative-fuel stations affects consumer decisions to purchase an alternative-fuel vehicle. The project will use a number of different approaches to assess the ways in which the presence and locational arrangement of fueling and charging networks influences consumer willingness to purchase or lease alternative-fuel vehicles that operate with liquid biofuels, compressed natural gas, electricity, or hydrogen. The project will provide new insights because it will move beyond previous studies that focused on the distance from home of a single hypothetical station or the percentage of gasoline stations that offer an alternative fuel and study how prospective adopters evaluate the geographic arrangement of a station network. The project will consider the different dynamics of different kinds of fuel systems, moving beyond previous emphasis on slow-charging electric vehicles by giving greater attention to the more rapid recharging of newer electric vehicles and refueling of fast-filling hydrogen or natural gas vehicles. In addition to focusing on this specific problem, the project's spatial-analytic approaches will be adaptable for use in examining other types of facilities besides fuel stations. The project will help address a major barrier to consumer adoption of alternative-fuel vehicles: the lack of conveniently located fuel stations. Project findings will contribute to planning more efficient and effective station networks, thereby facilitating the use of such vehicles and enabling them to serve as a more viable complement to other modes of transportation.The investigators will use four different approaches to explore answers to the project's overarching research question: How do prospective buyers assess the geographic arrangement of alternative fuel stations? They will conduct an online survey of owners of compressed natural-gas vehicles in Southern California to gather information regarding where those drivers lived, worked, and refueled at the time they purchased their vehicles. This study will reveal whether buyers were more likely to rely on a station near home when they purchased the vehicle and whether they adapted over time by switching to a station farther from home but along frequently traveled routes. In a second study, the investigators will ask potential fuel-cell vehicle adopters in Connecticut to provide feedback regarding how maps of different refueling station networks affect their decisions to purchase a fuel-cell vehicle, thereby helping identify which criteria may be most influential among a range of options generated by optimal station location models. In a third study, the investigators will conduct interviews with potential customers of fuel-cell vehicles in California in order to develop an ethnographic decision-tree model of the consumer decision-making process. In the fourth study, the investigators will engage consumers and industry stakeholders in planning a network of refueling stations using a geodesign process that enables them to use geographic information systems in hands-on workshops to develop spatial plans. By employing four different methods in three different regions for different types of vehicles, the project will enable the investigators to approach a complex issue from various angles to produce a deeper understanding of how to arrange stations to best promote adoption of alternative-fuel vehicles.

这项研究项目将研究替代燃料加油站的地理布置如何影响消费者购买替代燃料汽车的决定。该项目将使用多种不同的方法来评估燃料和充电网络的存在和位置安排如何影响消费者购买或租赁使用液体生物燃料、压缩天然气、电力或氢气的替代燃料汽车的意愿。该项目将提供新的见解，因为它将超越之前的研究，这些研究侧重于单个假设加油站的离家距离或提供替代燃料的加油站的百分比，并研究潜在采用者如何评估加油站网络的地理布局。该项目将考虑不同类型燃料系统的不同动态，超越以前对慢速充电电动汽车的重视，更多地关注更新的电动汽车的更快充电，以及为快速填充的氢气或天然气汽车加油。除了关注这一具体问题外，该项目的空间分析方法将适用于检查加油站以外的其他类型的设施。该项目将有助于解决消费者采用替代燃料汽车的一个主要障碍：缺乏位置便利的加油站。项目调查结果将有助于规划更有效率和更有效的加油站网络，从而促进此类车辆的使用，并使其成为其他交通工具的更可行的补充。调查人员将使用四种不同的方法来探索该项目总体研究问题的答案：潜在买家如何评估替代加油站的地理安排？他们将对南加州压缩天然气汽车的车主进行在线调查，以收集这些司机在购买汽车时在哪里居住、工作和加油的信息。这项研究将揭示购车者在购买汽车时是否更有可能依赖离家较近的车站，以及他们是否随着时间的推移而适应了转向离家较远但经常出行的路线的车站。在第二项研究中，调查人员将要求康涅狄格州潜在的燃料电池汽车采用者提供反馈，说明不同加油站网络的地图如何影响他们购买燃料电池汽车的决定，从而帮助确定在最佳加油站选址模型产生的一系列选项中，哪些标准可能最具影响力。在第三项研究中，调查人员将对加州燃料电池汽车的潜在客户进行访谈，以开发消费者决策过程的人种学决策树模型。在第四项研究中，调查人员将让消费者和行业利益相关者参与规划一个加油站网络，使用GeoDesign过程，使他们能够在动手研讨会中使用地理信息系统来制定空间计划。通过在三个不同地区对不同类型的车辆采用四种不同的方法，该项目将使调查人员能够从不同的角度处理一个复杂的问题，以更深入地了解如何布置车站，以最好地促进替代燃料汽车的采用。

项目成果

How early hydrogen fuel cell vehicle adopters geographically evaluate a network of refueling stations in California

早期氢燃料电池汽车采用者如何从地理角度评估加利福尼亚州的加油站网络

• DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2020.102897
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: Journal of Transport Geography
• 影响因子: 6.1
• 作者: Kelley, Scott;Krafft, Aimee;Kuby, Michael;Lopez, Oscar;Stotts, Rhian;Liu, Jingteng
• 通讯作者: Liu, Jingteng

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle Drivers and Future Station Planning: Lessons from a Mixed-Methods Approach

氢燃料电池汽车驾驶员和未来车站规划：混合方法的经验教训

• DOI: 10.1595/205651320x15826270318193
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: Johnson Matthey Technology Review
• 影响因子: 2.3
• 作者: Kelley, Scott;Kuby, Michael;Lopez Jaramillo, Oscar;Stotts, Rhian;Krafft, Aimee;Ruddell, Darren
• 通讯作者: Ruddell, Darren

Content Analysis of Interviews with Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle Drivers in Los Angeles

洛杉矶氢燃料电池汽车司机访谈内容分析

• DOI: 10.1177/0361198119845355
• 发表时间: 2019
• 期刊: Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
• 作者: Lopez Jaramillo, Oscar;Stotts, Rhian;Kelley, Scott;Kuby, Michael
• 通讯作者: Kuby, Michael

Do early adopters pass on convenience? Access to and intention to use geographically convenient hydrogen stations in California

早期采用者会传递便利吗？

• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.10.160
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
• 影响因子: 7.2
• 作者: Kelley, Scott;Gulati, Samir;Hiatt, Joseph;Kuby, Michael
• 通讯作者: Kuby, Michael

How drivers decide whether to get a fuel cell vehicle: An ethnographic decision model

驾驶员如何决定是否购买燃料电池汽车：人种学决策模型

• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.12.042
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
• 影响因子: 7.2
• 作者: Stotts, Rhian;Lopez-Jaramillo, Oscar G.;Kelley, Scott;Krafft, Aimee;Kuby, Michael
• 通讯作者: Kuby, Michael