Leveraging user-based innovation in vehicle-to-X and vehicle-to-grid adoption: a Nordic case study
While vehicle-to-grid technology could provide substantial benefits to consumers and society, its adoption has been confined to a niche and relatively stagnant. In this article, we study the role of user-based innovations in increasing the acceptance and adoption of niche technologies such as vehicl...
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| author | Noel, L de Rubens, GZ Kester, J Sovacool, BK |
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| description | While vehicle-to-grid technology could provide substantial benefits to consumers and society, its adoption has been confined to a niche and relatively stagnant. In this article, we study the role of user-based innovations in increasing the acceptance and adoption of niche technologies such as vehicle-to-grid. To do so, we connect three interrelated concepts—tinkering, testing and tacit knowledge—and then theorize how they interact in three theories—diffusion of innovation, social construction of technology, and the multi-level perspective. Drawing from a rich set of original data, we then apply the theorization of user-based innovation to the adoption of vehicle-to-grid in the Nordic region, by focusing on how users can influence an emerging state-of-the-art innovation, vehicle-to-X. We find that the three concepts of tinkering, testing, and tacit knowledge should be encouraged in order to accelerate and stabilize the adoption of vehicle-to-grid. We conclude the study by examining how the theorization of tinkering may benefit the understanding of other technologies’ diffusion pathways and recommend directions for future research. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:fcae40e0-e499-40f1-aa16-5606c50129b72022-12-22T11:37:16ZLeveraging user-based innovation in vehicle-to-X and vehicle-to-grid adoption: a Nordic case studyJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:fcae40e0-e499-40f1-aa16-5606c50129b7EnglishSymplectic ElementsElsevier2020Noel, Lde Rubens, GZKester, JSovacool, BKWhile vehicle-to-grid technology could provide substantial benefits to consumers and society, its adoption has been confined to a niche and relatively stagnant. In this article, we study the role of user-based innovations in increasing the acceptance and adoption of niche technologies such as vehicle-to-grid. To do so, we connect three interrelated concepts—tinkering, testing and tacit knowledge—and then theorize how they interact in three theories—diffusion of innovation, social construction of technology, and the multi-level perspective. Drawing from a rich set of original data, we then apply the theorization of user-based innovation to the adoption of vehicle-to-grid in the Nordic region, by focusing on how users can influence an emerging state-of-the-art innovation, vehicle-to-X. We find that the three concepts of tinkering, testing, and tacit knowledge should be encouraged in order to accelerate and stabilize the adoption of vehicle-to-grid. We conclude the study by examining how the theorization of tinkering may benefit the understanding of other technologies’ diffusion pathways and recommend directions for future research. |
| spellingShingle | Noel, L de Rubens, GZ Kester, J Sovacool, BK Leveraging user-based innovation in vehicle-to-X and vehicle-to-grid adoption: a Nordic case study |
| title | Leveraging user-based innovation in vehicle-to-X and vehicle-to-grid adoption: a Nordic case study |
| title_full | Leveraging user-based innovation in vehicle-to-X and vehicle-to-grid adoption: a Nordic case study |
| title_fullStr | Leveraging user-based innovation in vehicle-to-X and vehicle-to-grid adoption: a Nordic case study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Leveraging user-based innovation in vehicle-to-X and vehicle-to-grid adoption: a Nordic case study |
| title_short | Leveraging user-based innovation in vehicle-to-X and vehicle-to-grid adoption: a Nordic case study |
| title_sort | leveraging user based innovation in vehicle to x and vehicle to grid adoption a nordic case study |
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