How should barriers to alternative fuels and vehicles be classified and potential policies to promote innovative technologies be evaluated

By David J. Browne, Margaret O'Mahony, Brian Caulfield. 2012

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Abstract There appears to be increasing policy emphasis globally on developing innovative technologies and promoting incentives to support the take-up of alternative fuels and vehicles (AFVs) among consumers. The primary reason for this is that they potentially offer a pathway to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and air pollution in the transport sector, without the need for contentious transport demand management measures such as road pricing or restrictive land use planning. However, despite the fact that AFVs are often seen as a panacea by policy-makers, there are a number of barriers to their widespread market penetration and diffusion. The objective of this paper is to present a framework, which can be modified and used by policy-makers to identify and qualitatively evaluate these barriers as well as potential policies that might be implemented to address these barriers. The paper concludes by assessing the strengths and weaknesses of applying this framework.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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