Understanding Travel Behavior of Electric Car-Sharing Users under Impact of COVID-19
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has raised concerns about the use of public transport, with a surge in people considering personal car usage. However, owning private cars is costly and wasteful of resources. Electric car-sharing (ECS) is considered a safer and more private mode of transportati...
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| description | The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has raised concerns about the use of public transport, with a surge in people considering personal car usage. However, owning private cars is costly and wasteful of resources. Electric car-sharing (ECS) is considered a safer and more private mode of transportation compared with public transportation. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected transport on transportation policies and travel willingness. What is the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on CS travel, especially considering the safety issues during the COVID-19 pandemic? This study analyses the differences in the travel characteristics of private car owners and nonowners while using CS under the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Quantitative analysis during four months before and four months after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic is conducted based on CS order data in Lanzhou, China. It was found that the number of CS orders fell by 55.8% during the COVID-19 pandemic. Travel behavior during the pandemic is different from that before the outbreak of the pandemic. Additionally, both private car owners and nonowners use CS while having differences in travel characteristics. Based on the results, business suggestions are introduced on the distribution of vehicles to help improve the profit of CS operators. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1d8a93fb62f643e884f2e6360827e5812023-11-18T13:06:24ZengMDPI AGWorld Electric Vehicle Journal2032-66532023-06-0114614410.3390/wevj14060144Understanding Travel Behavior of Electric Car-Sharing Users under Impact of COVID-19Qiuyue Sai0Jun Bi1Xiaomei Zhao2Wei Guan3Chaoru Lu4School of Traffic and Transportation, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, ChinaSchool of Traffic and Transportation, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, ChinaSchool of Traffic and Transportation, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, ChinaSchool of Traffic and Transportation, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, ChinaDepartment of Built Environment, Oslo Metropolitan University, 0166 Oslo, NorwayThe outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has raised concerns about the use of public transport, with a surge in people considering personal car usage. However, owning private cars is costly and wasteful of resources. Electric car-sharing (ECS) is considered a safer and more private mode of transportation compared with public transportation. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected transport on transportation policies and travel willingness. What is the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on CS travel, especially considering the safety issues during the COVID-19 pandemic? This study analyses the differences in the travel characteristics of private car owners and nonowners while using CS under the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Quantitative analysis during four months before and four months after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic is conducted based on CS order data in Lanzhou, China. It was found that the number of CS orders fell by 55.8% during the COVID-19 pandemic. Travel behavior during the pandemic is different from that before the outbreak of the pandemic. Additionally, both private car owners and nonowners use CS while having differences in travel characteristics. Based on the results, business suggestions are introduced on the distribution of vehicles to help improve the profit of CS operators.https://www.mdpi.com/2032-6653/14/6/144electric car-sharingtravel characteristicsquantitative analysisdemand preferences |
| spellingShingle | Qiuyue Sai Jun Bi Xiaomei Zhao Wei Guan Chaoru Lu Understanding Travel Behavior of Electric Car-Sharing Users under Impact of COVID-19 World Electric Vehicle Journal electric car-sharing travel characteristics quantitative analysis demand preferences |
| title | Understanding Travel Behavior of Electric Car-Sharing Users under Impact of COVID-19 |
| title_full | Understanding Travel Behavior of Electric Car-Sharing Users under Impact of COVID-19 |
| title_fullStr | Understanding Travel Behavior of Electric Car-Sharing Users under Impact of COVID-19 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding Travel Behavior of Electric Car-Sharing Users under Impact of COVID-19 |
| title_short | Understanding Travel Behavior of Electric Car-Sharing Users under Impact of COVID-19 |
| title_sort | understanding travel behavior of electric car sharing users under impact of covid 19 |
| topic | electric car-sharing travel characteristics quantitative analysis demand preferences |
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