Abstract
Electric vehicles are often considered one of the best ways to decarbonize transportation within the United States. This report reviews the battery electric vehicle adoption literature, focusing on the drivers and barriers to adoption. The first section outlines critical trends in battery electric vehicle adoption and background information about the market for electric vehicles in the United States. The second section focuses on the drivers and barriers to adoption of battery electric vehicles with emphasis on drivers and barriers relevant to the battery of a battery electric vehicle. The third section then details additional technical papers on the batteries of electric battery vehicles, including options for the end of use of the battery. The battery of an electric vehicle is one of the most expensive components, and the technology in batteries is evolving quickly, so we focus our review on papers related to the batteries of battery electric vehicles.
Christina Gore
Research Economist
I am a research economist in the Applied Economics Office at NIST, working on environmental, behavioral, and community resilience economics.