When discussing the future of the automotive industry, there is probably just one thing politicians, corporations, and customers agree on: That there is a need to develop and establish alternative fuel vehicles (APV) in the future. There are multiple reasons to reject the conventional, petroleum-based fuels. While nobody can surely say when peak oil is reached, we cannot rely on oil forever. This and the dangerous dependency on a few oil-exporting rogue states, coerce us to look for alternatives for fuelling cars and other vehicles. The motivation for consumers to buy an alternative fuel vehicle can be economic (e. g. rising petrol prices) or ideological (e. g. energy sustainability , pollution reduction, climate change ) (Byrne & Polonsky, 2012, p. 1535). This literature review will outline present findings regarding which alternative fuels possess the most potential and which factors drive consumer adoption of AFVs in general.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Conventional Fuels at a Glance
2.1 Petroleum Spirit (Petrol/Gasoline)
2.2 Diesel
3. Particular AFV Potentials and Progression of Consumer Adoption
3.1 LPG and Natural Gas
3.1.1 Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)
3.1.2 Compressed natural gas (CNG)
3.2 Biofuels
3.3 Electric Vehicles
3.3.1 Electricity from batteries
3.3.2 Electricity from hydrogen fuel cells
3.4 Other Fuels and Technologies
4. General Factors of Consumer Adoption
4.1 Cost Effectiveness
4.2 Infrastructure
4.3 Car Attributes
4.4 Impression
4.5 Policy
4.6 Ideology
4.7 Demography
5. Literature Coverage
Literature
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- Florentin Rack (Author), 2012, Adoption of Alternative Fuel Vehicles - A Consumer Perspective, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/203479
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