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This paper explores the relations of personal characteristics with car drivers’ preferences for alternative fueled vehicles (electric-gasoline hybrids, biofuel, and hydrogen). To that effect, a stated choice experiment was conducted, in which respondents were requested to choose among hypothetical alternative fueled vehicles and a regular fueled base car. An MNL model was estimated from these observations including main effects for the nine alternative fueled vehicle attributes and their interactions with a range of objective and subjective personal characteristics. The results indicate that especially age is related to attribute preferences, while no relations were found for educational level and income. Furthermore, of the subjective characteristics perceptions of alternative fuels in particular were related to alternative fuel preferences, which provide starting points for influencing preferences. Implications of the results for future research are discussed.

01147878

10-2074

English

19p

2010

Transportation Research Board 89th Annual Meeting

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References (23) ; Tables (4)

Age groups; Alternate fuels; Automobile drivers; Biomass fuels; Energy; Human characteristics; Hybrid vehicles; Hydrogen fuels; Persons by educational level; Socioeconomic factors

Energy; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2010 Paper #10-2074

TRIS, TRB

Jan 25 2010 10:57AM