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Empirical Analysis to Investigate the Factors Influencing the Installation of Recharging Infrastructure for Commercial Electric Fleet.

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Title: Empirical Analysis to Investigate the Factors Influencing the Installation of Recharging Infrastructure for Commercial Electric Fleet.
Authors: Ahmad, Numan1 (AUTHOR) hodresearch@nit.nust.edu.pk, ur Rehman, Zia1 (AUTHOR) malikzia2008@gmail.com, Shah, Saad Ammar1 (AUTHOR) sashah.ms22tnnit@student.nust.edu.pk, Shah, Syed Kamran Hussain1 (AUTHOR) kamran.hussain@nit.nust.edu.pk
Source: Arabian Journal for Science & Engineering (Springer Science & Business Media B.V. ). Oct2025, Vol. 50 Issue 20, p16901-16915. 15p.
Subject Terms: *ELECTRIC vehicles, *PLUG-in hybrid electric vehicles, *EMPIRICAL research, *INFRASTRUCTURE (Economics), *TRANSPORTATION industry, *ELECTRIC automobiles, *PARKING facilities, *GREENHOUSE gas mitigation
Abstract: The commercial transport sector provides a promising avenue for electrification to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The limited availability of recharging facilities for electric vehicles (EVs) including both plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and battery electric vehicles (BEVs) can be one of the key deterrents to adopting EVs which needs a thorough empirical investigation. This study investigates the effects of key challenges about PHEVs and BEVs, the existence of current onsite recharging facilities for EVs, access to dedicated parking, and other factors on the plan of the companies to purchase/install new/additional recharging facilities for EVs. Data from the 2019 California Vehicle Survey were analyzed, encompassing both qualitative and quantitative information on revealed (RP) and stated (SP) preferences. Results indicate that the key challenges about PHEVs (i.e., higher price, battery life uncertainty, cost of installing charging infrastructure, and lack of sufficient knowledge of the technology) reduce the chance of the companies to purchase/install new/additional recharging facilities for EVs. Similarly, challenges about limited hauling capacity and lack of sufficient knowledge of BEVs were found as key deterrents. Furthermore, companies having access to dedicated parking facilities and having existing onsite recharging infrastructure for EVs are more likely to purchase or install new or additional recharging facilities. Results of dominance analysis based on estimating a total of 524,287 (219–1) subset models to rank all 19 variables indicate that the top five important factors relate to existing onsite recharging infrastructure, access to dedicated parking, and challenges about PHEVs and BEVs. Other interesting findings are discussed in the paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:The commercial transport sector provides a promising avenue for electrification to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The limited availability of recharging facilities for electric vehicles (EVs) including both plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and battery electric vehicles (BEVs) can be one of the key deterrents to adopting EVs which needs a thorough empirical investigation. This study investigates the effects of key challenges about PHEVs and BEVs, the existence of current onsite recharging facilities for EVs, access to dedicated parking, and other factors on the plan of the companies to purchase/install new/additional recharging facilities for EVs. Data from the 2019 California Vehicle Survey were analyzed, encompassing both qualitative and quantitative information on revealed (RP) and stated (SP) preferences. Results indicate that the key challenges about PHEVs (i.e., higher price, battery life uncertainty, cost of installing charging infrastructure, and lack of sufficient knowledge of the technology) reduce the chance of the companies to purchase/install new/additional recharging facilities for EVs. Similarly, challenges about limited hauling capacity and lack of sufficient knowledge of BEVs were found as key deterrents. Furthermore, companies having access to dedicated parking facilities and having existing onsite recharging infrastructure for EVs are more likely to purchase or install new or additional recharging facilities. Results of dominance analysis based on estimating a total of 524,287 (219–1) subset models to rank all 19 variables indicate that the top five important factors relate to existing onsite recharging infrastructure, access to dedicated parking, and challenges about PHEVs and BEVs. Other interesting findings are discussed in the paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:2193567X
DOI:10.1007/s13369-025-10019-x