The Economics of New Energy Vehicles: An Urban Sustainable Development Perspective

Dear Colleagues,

The increasing attention worldwide to the issue of global warming and greenhouse gas emissions has contributed to growing interest in alternative-fuel vehicle technologies that are more efficient than the traditional options in an attempt to decrease greenhouse gas emissions from passenger cars and reduce reliance on fossil fuels. With the current trend in the growth of cities and the population, authorities have fast-forwarded the use of new technologies and science in the field of transport and introduced new energy vehicle options. Urban growth has created congestion problems that have increased fuel consumption and have attendant environmental concerns such as air quality, global warming and scarce resources. Consequently, urban and transport planners are moving toward new transport options that support sustainability by relying on green and clean energy sources to be used in the transport system. Despite the benefits of these new energy vehicles, cities and metropolitan areas are facing some challenges in providing the required infrastructure throughout the city. This has resulted in slow consumer adaptation and market penetration of these vehicles. Authorities need to conduct cost–benefit analysis to justify any investments to provide the essential region-wide infrastructure and require an adequate understanding of the economic and environmental impact of their decisions. Furthermore, the rapid growth in vehicle fuel technologies and science in general has created doubts for decision-makers on the longevity of these alternative-fuel vehicles as the appropriate option in the future. Hence, authorities have concerns to plan for any region-wide infrastructure development decisions based on the existing alternative new energy vehicle options.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to focus on the economics of new energy vehicles and conduct policy analysis to help decision-makers and city planners to make better-informed decisions about the future development of the city and its sustainability.  

For this Special Issue, we invite research and review papers on, but not limited to, the following research areas:

• Cost–benefit analysis of new energy vehicle options;
• The economic and environmental impact assessment of governmental policies;
• Stated preference assessments of new energy vehicle options;
• Scenario-based analysis for population growth, urbanization, consumer adaptation, etc., of new energy vehicle options on climate change and energy use in the transportation system;
• Fiscal impact assessment of new energy vehicle infrastructure development.

Contributors from different fields are invited to submit their articles on this topic.

Dr. Ali Ardeshiri
Guest Editor

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