Graduation Year
2019
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Public Policy Analysis
Second Department
Environmental Analysis
Reader 1
Richard Worthington
Reader 2
John Jurewitz
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Abstract
This thesis explores barriers to widespread adoption of electric vehicles and proposes possible policy solutions. It analyzes main barriers including awareness, upfront cost, and range anxiety, as well as existing policy solutions, and a detailed case study examining policy differences in high adopting versus low adopting states. Awareness and eduction surrounding electric vehicles and their capabilities, financial incentives and market mechanisms for reducing costs, and charging infrastructure and efficiency improvements are examined. Conclusions were formed through interviews with various experts as a method of data collection. It was found that many existing state and local level policies could be scaled to a national level to facilitate rapid reductions in transportation emissions through electrification of the transportation sector.
Recommended Citation
Larson, Nicole, "Pedal to the Metal: Accelerating the Transition to Electric Vehicles" (2019). Pomona Senior Theses. 223.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/pomona_theses/223
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