Fueling Alternatives: Gas Station Choice and the Implications for Electric Charging

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Dorsey, Jackson; Langer, Ashley; Mcrae, Shaun
• 署名单位: University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin; University of Arizona; National Bureau of Economic Research; Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-ECONOMIC POLICY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7731
• DOI: 10.1257/pol.20220130
• 发表日期: 2025
• 页码: 362-400
• 关键词: consumer search; technology adoption; time; INFORMATION; benefits; vehicles; differentiation; respond; MARKETS; models

摘要

This paper quantifies the value of electric vehicle (EV) charging networks and the marginal value of network speed and density. We estimate a model of gasoline drivers' refueling preferences and simulate how these potential future EV drivers value refueling time under counterfactual charging networks. Drivers value refueling time at $19.73/hour. EV adopters with home charging receive $675 per vehicle in benefits from avoiding travel to gas stations, whereas refueling travel and waiting time costs $7,763 for drivers using public charging. Increasing network charging speed yields three times greater time savings than a proportional increase in station density.