Critical success and fail factors of electric busses in public transport: A review on existing European electric bus projects
Year: 2014
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Environment V demonstrated in its perceived high impact on the adoption-decision.The identified drivers and barriers to radical innovation adoption in the public transportation market can be respectively utilized and mitigated by policymakers that pursue an enhancement of social awareness, the creation of economies of scale, and the development and distribution of knowledge.Therefore enhancing the political-and technical-feasibility of the innovation adoption, thus improving the successfulness of innovation adoption. RecommendationsIn correspondence to this research, multiple recommendations can be made for stakeholders in the electric bus sector:1. Customize the complete operation system of an electric bus (i.e. the bus technique, the operation/charging schedule, the driving plan, and the infrastructure) in order to effectively make use of the battery and charging technique.2. Enhance the battery technology in order to increase the flexibility and decrease the costs of the electric bus. 3. Educate stakeholders (e.g. by enlarging knowledge platforms, tests and demonstrations) and develop additional knowledge (e.g. on battery lifetime and life cycle costs) in order to mitigate the low availability in information on electric bus implementation.4. Liberalize the European public transportation sector in order to cope with the low degree of competitiveness in several public transportation systems throughout Europe , thus enhancing the stakeholders' innovation adoption (e.g. of electric busses).Note that possible unwanted secondary effects of this policy should be studied before incorporating this measure.During the course of this study several uncertainties were not eliminated.Therefore recommendations for future research are provided underneath:1. Research the current economic viability of electric busses in order to cope with the lack of objective information sources on this matter.2. Research the existence and influence of outreach programs and subsidy schemes regarding European electric bus projects, so that they can be aligned to work effectively to stimulate the development of the electric bus market.3. Research the professional opinion of a representative sample of the complete European electric bus market on the impact of the identified drivers and barriers on the implementation of electric busses in Europe.Therefore providing contributing insights in the possibly exploitation of drivers and mitigation of barriers, thus positively impacting the adoption of electric busses in Europe.
Author: M.P.H. Frenaij
Language: English
Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W819404255