MULTI-CLIENT
STUDY: THE MARKET POTENTIAL OF NEIGHBORHOOD ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN MASTER-PLANNED
COMMUNITIES
Master-planned communities present the best near-term opportunity for building a lasting neighborhood electric vehicle market. To enlighten those who must anticipate how the NEV market might unfold, this multi-client GCI study quantifies current market size and forecasts demand for this class of vehicle. The study additionally explores consumer price and feature expectations.
STUDY
OF NEV USER BEHAVIOR IN CALIFORNIA
This study shows that California neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV) users tend to leave their full-size cars and trucks at home when driving short distances, instead, using their more efficient and fun NEVs. Researchers individually interviewed 260 California users of NEVs during a two-week period in July of 2003. Many conclusions were made including: NEVs account for 26.5 million zero-emission trips; 12.6 million NEV miles are traveled every year in the state; and NEVs replace gasoline vehicles 2/3 of the time.
WHITE PAPER: A REVIEW OF THE METHODOLOGY AND ASSUMPTIONS OF THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION STAFF REPORT ON STRATEGIES TO REDUCE PETROLEUM DEPENDENCY
This white paper examines market trends and industry developments that affect the use of petroleum in California today and are additionally expected to influence petroleum use in the next 20 years. The review includes focus on new and soon-to-be-introduced automotive powerplant technologies including hybrid, PZEV, clean diesel, and advanced technology drivetrains, in addition to demographic and land use patterns as they relate to mobility.
OTAY
RANCH: EVALUATING NEV USE IN A CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
Green Car Institute, working with the Southern California city of Chula Vista, the nonprofit Mobility Lab, and DaimlerChrysler's Global Electric Motorcars business unit, conducted a 60-day pilot project to analyze neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs) used under real-world conditions in one of the nation's largest master-planned communities. Here, 28 participants who live and work within a "village" of the Otay Ranch community used their GEM NEVs daily and maintained a log of trips and vehicle use. The goal was to quantify ways in which NEVs could be used effectively to offset the use of conventional transportation for short-duration travel needs where low-speed vehicles are a good fit, and by extension how this might impact both emissions and energy use.
ELECTRIC
VEHICLE MARKET AND PRICING STUDIES
Includes the first market study to quantify the potential EV market using automotive industry methods and the seminal study illustrating pricing options available to the automotive industry to help build an EV market. Prepared for the California Electric Transportation Coalition in conjunction with the California Air Resources Board Zero Emissions Vehicle Mandate Review, September 2000.
