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"Electric Cars in California: Policy and Behavior Perspectives" chapter in Who’s Driving Electric Cars 

UCD-ITS-RP-20-20

Journal Article

Electric Vehicle Research Center

Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38382-4_2

Suggested citation: Tal G., Kurani K., Jenn A., Chakraborty D., Hardman S., Garas D. (2020) "Electric Cars in California: Policy and Behavior Perspectives." In: Contestabile M., Tal G., Turrentine T. (eds) Who’s Driving Electric Cars. Lecture Notes in Mobility. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38382-4_2

Suggested Citation:
Tal, Gil, Kenneth S. Kurani, Alan Jenn, Debapriya Chakraborty, Scott Hardman, Dahlia Garas (2020) "Electric Cars in California: Policy and Behavior Perspectives" chapter in Who’s Driving Electric Cars . Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis, Journal Article UCD-ITS-RP-20-20

This chapter is divided into two parts: in the first part we illustrate the evolution of PEV regulation and technology in California, which has both led and influenced PEV policy globally. In the second part we present selected results of recent research conducted at UC Davis, particularly looking at the profiles of current PEV adopters in California and how these have evolved in recent years, the impact of financial and non-financial incentives on adoption of PEVs, charging behavior as a function of dwelling and home charger type, travel patterns, electricity price and PEV range.

Keywords: zero emission vehicles, plug-in electric vehicle, battery electric vehicles