EV adoption

Using Machine Learning Models to Forecast Electric Vehicle Destination and Charging Event

Research Product Type
Associated Publication
This study aims to develop a prediction framework based on a Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory Network model to suggest when battery electric vehicle drivers should charge their vehicles, in order to to provide a more accurate and precise method of predicting charging events than conventional machine learning models.

Why are Some California Consumers Abandoning Electric Vehicle Ownership?

Research Product Type
Policy Brief
This policy brief summarizes findings from research that surveyed California PEV buyers 2–7 years after they first purchased their EV to understand whether they have continued to choose PEVs with subsequent purchases, and if not, what factors may have led to their discontinuance of the technology.

Zero Emission Vehicles and Consumer Preference: Toward an Understanding of Consumer Practices and Valuation Processes in the Plug-In Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Market

  • Principal Investigator Jennifer TyreeHageman
  • University of California, Davis
This dissertation explores the matrix of political, economic, and cultural elements that combine to create a historically contingent context for the plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) market, and analyzes consumption within this context to offer a case study of consumer behavior in an emerging market.
Project Status
Complete