Abstract
National Electric Mobility Mission Plan announced by the Government of India, which sets ambitious targets for electric vehicle positioning in India. In predicting the impact of EVs on the Indian grid will allow better planning of new generation and distribution infrastructure as the EV mission is moved on and also forecast the grid impacts from EVs requires information about the electrical energy consumption of different types of EVs in Indian driving conditions. The outcomes indicate purchase price, operating cost, and charging time have a significant negative influence on the intention to adopt electric four-wheelers, while driving range and charging facilities have a significant positive impact, context of safety and reliability are found to be the biggest barriers to the adoption of electric vehicles followed by lack of infrastructural readiness while environmental benefits are found to be the biggest motivators for electric four-wheeler adoption. This study develops an integrated choice and latent variable (ICLV) model to analyse the impact of vehicle attributes, service attributes and supporting government schemes on the likelihood to choose an electric four-wheeler in Tamil Nadu, India.
Keywords: Electric vehicle, adoption, generation environment
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