10.5281/ZENODO.4062731
Winjobi, Olumide
Olumide
Winjobi
Kelly, Jarod
Jarod
Kelly
Clean Cities: Used Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs) in low income households
Zenodo
2020
2020-10-02
Conference paper
https://zenodo.org/record/4062731
10.5281/zenodo.4062730
https://zenodo.org/communities/evs33
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Open Access
<p>Reliable access to amenities and better-paying jobs can be an avenue to improve the social equity for low-income households. Compared to used internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs), used plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs ) have lower operating costs and lower initial purchase price retention (meaning that retained value of PEVs are lower than ICEVs and sell for relatively less as a used vehicle). These PEV may thus serve as a low-cost and low maintenance mode of transport for these low-income households. Zero tail-pipe emissions of PEVs also makes them an attractive option in mitigating emissions related to the transportation sector. Despite these potential benefits, some barriers such as the access of these households to charging infrastructure through public charging and awareness on the potential cost benefits of the electric drivetrain may need to be addressed to encourage the participation of low-income households in electric mobility.</p>