transportation network company (TNC)

Dataset: Developing a vehicle cost calculator to promote electric vehicle adoption among transportation network company (TNC) drivers

Research Product Type
Data
EV Explorer 2.0 includes several important features and functionalities to support the TNC driver use case that are not found in any other available tool: (1) It allows users to estimate TCO for used vehicles as well as new (others only estimate TCO for new vehicles); (2) Outputs include ridehail-driving income estimates, accounting for EV trip bonuses offered by Uber, net driving costs; (3) Estimates of total cost of driving (TCD) include charging network membership fees and charging session fees (in addition to electricity prices).

Developing a Vehicle Cost Calculator to Promote Electric Vehicle Adoption among TNC Drivers

  • Principal Investigator Angela Sanguinetti, Ph.D.
  • University of California, Davis
This research will develop a total cost of ownership (TCO) model and online vehicle cost calculator (VCC) for transport network company (TNC) drivers. Many VCCs have been developed to support consumers in calculating the relative costs of electric and gas vehicles, but their design and the TCO models that underlie them are geared toward traditional vehicle ownership.
Project Status
Complete

Incentive Regulation of Transportation Network Companies

  • Principal Investigator Richard Arnott, Ph.D.
  • University of California, Riverside
Research will explore how transportation network companies should be regulated so as to efficiently balance the reduction in cost from increased industry concentration against the increased exercise of monopoly power.
Project Status
In Progress

Incentive Systems for New Mobility Services

Research Product Type
Research Report
With rapid population growth and urban development, traffic congestion has become an inescapable issue in large metropolitan regions. This research project studies the problem of offering incentives to organizations to change the behavior of their individual drivers (or individuals using their organization’s services).