Emissions Benefits of Electric Vehicles in Uber and Lyft Services

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• Creators:
  Jenn, Alan
• Corporate Creators:
  University of California, Davis. Institute of Transportation Studies
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Data analysis
  • Data fusion
  • Electric vehicle charging
  • Electric vehicles
  • Evaporative emissions
  • Forecasting
  • Range (Vehicles)
  • Ridesourcing
  • Vehicle fleets transportation network company
  • emissions
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  NCST-UCD-RR-19-01
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.7922/G23R0R38
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report (October 2017 – December 2018)
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of California, Davis. Institute of Transportation Studies
• Abstract:
  Integrating electric vehicles (EVs) into vehicle fleets deployed by transportation network companies (TNCs; e.g., Uber and Lyft) is a particularly promising way to realize the benefits of vehicle electrification, due to the greater average miles traveled and passenger occupancy of TNC fleets. In this report, we examine EV use in TNC fleets from 2016 through 2018. We leverage novel datasets from TNCs as well as from charging service providers (e.g., Chargepoint and EVGo) to analyze charging and use patterns of EVs within TNC fleets. These insights allow us to quantify the emissions benefits of EV use within TNC fleets, assess the capability of EVs to perform TNC services, and understand the effects of EV use within TNC fleets on the charging behavior of non-TNC EVs. We find the emission benefits of electrifying a vehicle in a TNC fleet are nearly three times greater than the benefits from electrifying a privately-owned vehicle.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  69A3551747114
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/49226/dot_49226_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 826.00 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
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