Abstract
Many countries have made great efforts to boost the use of electric vehicles in recent years; for example, advanced countries including Norway and the Netherlands in Europe and the United States have enhanced people’s willingness to use electric vehicles by means of appropriate subsidies and suppression of private vehicles. In Asia, Taiwan has been promoting the policy of replacing traditional fuel two-wheeled vehicles (FTWVs) with electric two-wheeled vehicles (ETWVs) and strengthening the policy by means of replacing a large number of old FTWVs and subsidizing the purchase of ETWVs. This study took college students as the subjects, as they were the first potential group to buy ETWVs, and their concept of environmental sustainability can be shaped for cultivating vehicle use habits. This study applies a questionnaire to probe into the ETWV usage preferences of college students and explores the significant factors affecting college students’ purchase of ETWVs. This study uses a mixed logit (MXL) model for estimation. The results of model estimation show that those who are younger, have higher income, have good experience in using ETWVs, and are in user-friendly external traffic environments, are more inclined to choose ETWVs. In the future, government units can formulate policies to promote ETWVs according to the characteristics of different relevant factors.
Highlights
Due to the use of biofuels, electrification, and efficient techniques, global transport emissions increased by less than 0.5% in 2019, compared with 1.9% annually since 2000
According to the statistics of the Industrial Development Bureau, the number of electric two-wheeled vehicles (ETWVs) subsidies applied for in Taiwan increased from single digits in 2009 to more than 90,000 vehicles in 2020, and the application rate climbed from 0.05% yearly to 1.44% in 2019, indicating that the vehicle purchase subsidy strategy has achieved certain results. erefore, in order to understand the influence of subsidy measures on college students’ choice of ETWVs, this study explored college students’ choice behavior of fuel two-wheeled vehicles (FTWVs) and ETWVs under various subsidy measures through the scenario design of a SP questionnaire
Bakker [5] found that the ETWV has a crucial influence on urban transportation planning; traditional traffic planning often ignores the ETWV because of its current unpopularity. is study collected the development policies of China, Vietnam, the Netherlands, and other countries for discussion, and the results show that if appropriate measures can effectively improve the utilization rate of ETWVs, such as implementing low emission areas, phasing out traditional motorcycles and improving the traffic-related legal framework, the main planning principle of urban planning will be to increase the attractiveness and safety of ETWVs
Summary
Due to the use of biofuels, electrification, and efficient techniques, global transport emissions increased by less than 0.5% in 2019, compared with 1.9% annually since 2000. It is worth emphasizing that this study took college students as the research subjects, as college students are one of the main potential groups that buy ETWVs as their first vehicle, which means that the cognition and attitude of environmental sustainability have a farreaching and long-term impact on this group. If they can cultivate their habits of using ETWVs, their contribution to the overall environmental reduction of carbon should be quite significant. It is worth mentioning that the variables used in this study include a number of subsidy measures (such as purchase subsidy, exemption from specific taxes, and parking fee reduction). erefore, the impact of subsidy measures on college students’ choice behavior of ETWV types can be explored
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