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The aim of this paper is to provide insight into how people assess different charging options in the context of electric mobility and how charging can be integrated into daily activities. The central research question concerns the acceptance of fast charging with direct current up to 200 kWh relative to alternative charging concepts such as...
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... The German government has adopted a package of measures to support the development of electromobility by promoting measures and research to overcome problems that BEVs can bring (BMWi, 2017). High initial costs (Lim, Mak, & Rong, 2015;Mock & Yang, 2014) and range issues (Daubitz & Kawgan-Kagan, 2015; are frequently cited problems. From a transport planning perspective, carsharing in urban areas implementing battery electric vehicles (e-carsharing) offers a promising solution to these issues (Kumar & Bierlaire, 2012;Wappelhorst, Graff, Steiner, & Hinkeldein, 2013): It offers e-mobility without the initial costs in urban PART A: 1.2 The phenomenon of male users of innovative sustainable mobility 2 areas for typically short trips. ...
This mixed-methods research provides insights about gender preferences of urban women regarding innovative urban mobility solutions analysing the use of and the attitudes towards free-floating e-carsharing in urban areas from a gender perspective. This work provides the answer to the research question, what motivates urban women to use free-floating e-carsharing, and what measures can help to overcome potential obstacles.
Findings from previous literature showed that women take over more often household-related tasks besides accompanying family members partially in addition to making work-related trips. They, therefore, travel considerably more, but shorter trips on average in terms of distance and time. According to the current daily tasks of urban women, their mobility behaviour is more complex than that of men, and mode choice especially differs for new innovative mobility solutions. In addition, previous studies reported that several factors hint towards women showing a higher (at least higher than now) affinity towards sustainable shared e-mobility: This pragmatic, functional and less emotional anticipation of cars of women should, therefore, speak for a high potential of the use of electric vehicles in combination with carsharing. Nevertheless, these findings are not sufficient when it comes to the internationally visible phenomenon of early adopters of innovative and sustainable mobility services such as free-floating carsharing with battery electric vehicles (FFECS): Current users of these services are mostly male.
This dissertation project introduces mobility planning as an enhanced form of transport planning due to a distinction between mobility and transport, according to Ahrend et al. (2013). Inline, this study uses a mixed-method approach of empirical social research combining qualitative and quantitative approaches to answer the question of how women can be addressed as a target group for multimodal or intermodal mobility in urban areas, with the focus on the use of free-floating carsharing in combination with electric vehicles.
The first empirical part aims for understanding the picture of women who are already using e-carsharing at a very early stage of its market diffusion. A sample of users from Berlin is analysed to gain insights about whether female early adopters have the same characterisation as the internationally homogeneous groups of male early adopters. In a second empirical step, the resulting characterisation is then transferred to a group representative of urban dwellers from urban areas in Germany and differences between men and women, both with and without children, are examined with regard to access to resources, perception and use of different modes and attitudes towards different, but especially sustainable modes of transport. In the last empirical part, the use of modes of transport in a gender-appropriate research design combining qualitative interviews and GPS-tracking data. The corresponding requirements for e-carsharing are examined, and concrete advantages and disadvantages for women are worked out. The results of the quantitative and qualitative studies show the acceptance of women and their different attitudes towards mobility-related aspects. Four social constructs were identified that hinder women from adopting free-floating e-carsharing. These four social constructs build the foundation for developing recommendations for improving the services for urban women regarding policy and service model.
... Der subjektive Mehrwert könnte in der Nachhaltigkeit oder der Alltagserleichterung liegen, indem Nutzern von Elektroautos der Weg zur Tankstelle erspart bleibt [20]. Die Integration des Ladevorgangs in den Alltag ist ein Schlüsselfaktor für den Erfolg der E-Mobilität [23]. Der größte Vorteil, das Elektroauto über Nacht zu Hause laden zu können, besteht insbesondere in ländlichen Regionen, weil die meisten Haushalte über einen eigenen Stellplatz verfügen. ...
Private charging infrastructure is critical to the diffusion of electric vehicles. However, as with all technologies, user acceptance is of primary importance here. This paper analyzes this acceptance with an empirical study with 488 participants. For this, a context-specific technology acceptance model including 9 hypotheses is developed. To validate the hypotheses, an online survey is designed for the German market. Results deliver insights on the general opinion on electromobility and private charging infrastructure and determine the factors influencing the acceptance behavior of potential users with regard to private charging infrastructure. Regarding the general opinion, most of the survey participants show a positive attitude. Regarding the factors, some, such as perceived effort and perceived usefulness, have an influence on the acceptance, while other factors, such as visual design and perceived cost, don’t.KeywordsElectric vehiclesPrivate charging infrastructureUser acceptance
