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This study investigates the usability of electric vehicles in a taxi company in Greater Stockholm, Sweden. By investigating cost and revenue data of both electric and conventional taxi vehicles, as well as by interviewing taxi drivers and carriers, an assessment has been made of the financial and operational implications of using electric vehicles in a company’s taxi fleet. Both the drivers’ and the carriers’ perspectives are examined. The main findings are that the investigated e-taxis have a similar or lower Total Cost of Ownership and slightly higher profitability than the investigated conventional taxis. For taxi drivers, using e-taxis implies more advanced planning and revenue service time being sacrificed for charging. However, certain customers’ preferences for electric vehicles, as well as benefits such as corporate clients favouring e-taxis and a zero emission priority queueing system at Stockholm’s main international airport (partly) compensate for time devoted to charging. In order to facilitate increased use of e-taxis, more fast charging facilities should become available at strategic locations. Besides that, there are signs that carriers’ lack of information about the opportunities and consequences of shifting towards e-taxis hamper a wider deployment of e-taxis.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADC80 Standing Committee on Alternative Transportation Fuels and Technologies.

18-02704

English

15p

2018

Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; References; Tables

Automobile ownership; Case studies; Cost effectiveness; Electric vehicle charging; Electric vehicles; Interviewing; Profitability; Revenues; Taxicab companies; Taxicab drivers; Taxicabs; Vehicle fleets

Stockholm (Sweden)

Economics; Energy; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2018 Paper #18-02704

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jan 8 2018 10:39AM