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View article: Global Transportation Decarbonization
Global Transportation Decarbonization Open
Replacing fossil fuels in the name of decarbonization is necessary but will be particularly difficult due to their as-yet unrivaled bundle of attributes: abundance, ubiquity, energy density, transportability and cost. There is a growing co…
View article: Global Transportation Decarbonization
Global Transportation Decarbonization Open
A number of policy proposals call for replacing fossil fuels in the name of decarbonization, but these fuels will be difficult to replace due to to their as-yet unrivaled bundle of attributes: abundance, ubiquity, energy density, transport…
View article: The Electric Ceiling: Limits and Costs of Full Electrification
The Electric Ceiling: Limits and Costs of Full Electrification Open
Electrification is a centerpiece of global decarbonization efforts.Yet there are reasons to be skeptical of the inevitability, or at least the optimal pace, of the transition.We discuss several under-appreciated costs of full, or even deep…
View article: Replication Data for: Correcting Estimates of Electric Vehicle Emissions Abatement: Implications for Climate Policy
Replication Data for: Correcting Estimates of Electric Vehicle Emissions Abatement: Implications for Climate Policy Open
Replication Data for: Correcting Estimates of Electric Vehicle Emissions Abatement: Implications for Climate Policy
View article: The Economics of Electric Vehicles
The Economics of Electric Vehicles Open
We examine the private and public economics of electric vehicles (EVs) and discuss when market forces will produce the optimal path of EV adoption.Privately, consumer cost savings from EVs vary.Some experience net benefits from choosing ga…
View article: Future Paths of Electric Vehicle Adoption in the United States: Predictable Determinants, Obstacles and Opportunities
Future Paths of Electric Vehicle Adoption in the United States: Predictable Determinants, Obstacles and Opportunities Open
This paper identifies and quantifies major determinants of future electric vehicle (EV) demand in order to inform widely-held aspirations for market growth.Our model compares three channels that will affect EV market share in the United St…
View article: Low Energy: Estimating Electric Vehicle Electricity Use
Low Energy: Estimating Electric Vehicle Electricity Use Open
We provide the first at-scale estimate of electric vehicle (EV) home charging.Previous estimates are either based on surveys that reach conflicting conclusions, or are extrapolated from a small, unrepresentative sample of households with d…
View article: Do Electricity Prices Affect Electric Vehicle Adoption?
Do Electricity Prices Affect Electric Vehicle Adoption? Open
Author(s): Bushnell, James; Muehlegger, Erich; Rapson, David | Abstract: The operational costs of electric vehicles are lower than those of gas-powered vehicles. This advantage is often cited by manufacturers, advocates, and policy-makers …
View article: Attribute substitution in household vehicle portfolios
Attribute substitution in household vehicle portfolios Open
Roughly three quarters of vehicles are purchased into multi‐car households. We study whether households are willing to substitute attributes, such as fuel economy, across vehicles within their portfolio. We develop a novel strategy to sepa…
View article: Replication Data for: Machine learning from schools about energy efficiency
Replication Data for: Machine learning from schools about energy efficiency Open
This file contains the (unrestricted) data and code required to replicate "Machine learning from schools about energy efficiency" by Burlig, Knittel, Rapson, Reguant, and Wolfram. As described in the readme, this project was conducted unde…
View article: Correcting Estimates of Electric Vehicle Emissions Abatement: Implications for Climate Policy
Correcting Estimates of Electric Vehicle Emissions Abatement: Implications for Climate Policy Open
Transportation electrification is viewed by many as a cornerstone for climate change mitigation, with the ultimate vision to phase out conventional vehicles entirely.In a world with only electric vehicles (EVs), transportation pollution wo…
View article: Attribute Substitution in Household Vehicle Portfolios
Attribute Substitution in Household Vehicle Portfolios Open
Household preferences for goods with a bundle of attributes may have complex substitution patterns when one attribute is changed. For example, a household faced with an exogenous increase in the size of one television may choose to decreas…
View article: Utilities Included: Split Incentives in Commercial Electricity Contracts
Utilities Included: Split Incentives in Commercial Electricity Contracts Open
This paper quantifies a tenant-side “split incentives” problem that exists when the largest commercial sector customers are on electricity-included property lease contracts, causing them to face a marginal electricity price of zero. We use…
View article: Electric Vehicle Subsidies Appear to Have Modest Pollution Reduction Benefits
Electric Vehicle Subsidies Appear to Have Modest Pollution Reduction Benefits Open
Author(s): Muehlegger, Erich, PhD; Rapson, David, PhD | Abstract: California has adopted aggressive vehicle electrification goals as a means of reducing urban air pollution, carbon emissions, and overall petroleum consumption. The state ha…
View article: Estimating the Pollution Abatement Potential of Electric Vehicle Subsidies
Estimating the Pollution Abatement Potential of Electric Vehicle Subsidies Open
Author(s): Muehlegger, Erich J., PhD; Rapson, David S., PhD | Abstract: The true net environmental benefit of an electric vehicle is relative to the vehicle that an electric vehicle buyer would have bought and driven had they not opted for…
View article: BKRRW_JAERE_MASTER.zip
BKRRW_JAERE_MASTER.zip Open
Full replication file for BKRRW.
View article: Supercharged? Electricity Demand and the Electrification of Transportation in California
Supercharged? Electricity Demand and the Electrification of Transportation in California Open
Author(s): Burlig, Fiona, PhD; Bushnell, James, PhD; Rapson, David, PhD; Wolfram, Catherine, PhD | Abstract: The rapid electrification of the transportation fleet in California raises important questions about the reliability, cost, and en…
View article: Subsidizing Low- and Middle-Income Adoption of Electric Vehicles: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from California
Subsidizing Low- and Middle-Income Adoption of Electric Vehicles: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from California Open
Little is known about electric vehicle (EV) demand by low-and middle-income households.In this paper, we exploit a policy that provides exogenous variation in large EV subsidies targeted at the mass market in California.Using transaction-l…