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Developing a Vehicle Cost Calculator to Promote Electric Vehicle Adoption Among TNC Drivers [supporting dataset]
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2023-05-12
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Alternative Title:Developing a Vehicle Cost Calculator to Promote Electrical Vehicle Adoption Among Transportation Network Company (TNC) Drivers
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Abstract:This research developed EV Explorer 2.0, an online vehicle cost calculator (VCC) to meet the requirements of transportation network company (TNC) drivers considering acquiring an electric vehicle (EV). The tool was built to also support the needs of other users considering an EV, including other types of gig economy drivers as well as the general population of non-professional drivers. EV Explorer 2.0 includes several important features and functionalities to support the TNC driver use case that are not found in any other available tool: (1) It allows users to estimate TCO for used vehicles as well as new (others only estimate TCO for new vehicles); (2) Outputs include ridehail-driving income estimates, accounting for EV trip bonuses offered by Uber, net driving costs; (3) Estimates of total cost of driving (TCD) include charging network membership fees and charging session fees (in addition to electricity prices). It also includes key features found in other leading tools, such as presenting and tailoring EV purchase/lease incentive estimates (based on a database we developed), and innovative features to benefit all users, such as animations conveying the social and environmental impacts of vehicle choice. Design features were informed and validated in user testing with TNC drivers who had expressed interest in EV adoption. The size of the dataset is 160 KB. Files with the .xlsx extension are Microsoft Excel spreadsheet files. These can be opened in Excel or open-source spreadsheet programs. File extension .md is a standard markdown file and can be opened in a basic text editor. The JSON metadata file was created by NTL staff to store the metadata of the dataset. This file can be opened in any basic text editor. The csv files were created by NTL staff for accessibility to all users. The .csv, Comma Separated Value, files are a simple format that are designed for a database table and supported by many applications. Any text editor or spreadsheet program will open .csv files.
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Content Notes:National Transportation Library (NTL) Curation Note: This dataset is preserved in a repository outside U.S. DOT control, as allowed by the U.S. DOT’s Public Access Plan (https://doi.org/10.21949/1503647) Section 7.4.2 Data. NTL staff has reviewed this dataset and its documentation. NTL staff last accessed this dataset at its repository URL on 2023-08-15. If, in the future, you have trouble accessing this dataset at the host repository, please email NTLDataCurator@dot.gov describing your problem. NTL staff will do its best to assist you at that time.
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