Bumps in the Road : Challenges to E-bus Implementation

Graham, John

International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC

关键词: TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE;    ELECTRIC BUS;    URBAN TRANSIT;    GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS;    TRADE POLICY;   

RP-ID  :  147765

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Dozens of municipalities areexperimenting with e-buses, while some last-mile deliverycompanies are using pilot fleets to test performance. At thesame time, a smaller group of operators are pushing aheadwith more drastic, big bang efforts to put dozens or evenhundreds of electric vehicles into service. The authors sawhow some locations have already reached total cost ofownership (TCO) parity, while other places will requirefurther reductions in costs and perhaps someforward-thinking tax and tariff policies. The bad news isthat the track record for electric buses to date has beenmixed, and e-bus adoption has not scaled up as fast as manyhad hoped due to institutional, technical, and financialchallenges. For those seeking to stay the course withinternal combustion engines, there are plenty of validarguments. This report will bring some of the problems outin the open.