Transforming ENERGY

EV Purchase Incentives: Effectiveness in the United States State Level Correlation of Plug-In EV (PEV) Market Variables on Per Capita PEV Purchases PEVS Plug-In Hybrid EVs Battery EVs Explanatory Variables Increase/Decrease by Increases purchases by Increases purchases by Increases purchases by Charging stations per hundred 1 3.1% 2.6% 7.2% thousand population Tax credit (in dollars) Rebate (in dollars) Sales tax waiver (in dollars) $1,000 2.3% Not significant 5.3% $1,000 4.8% Not significant 7.7% Not significant overall; 1.6% for $1,000 3.6% 5.9% Volt High-occupancy vehicle lane if Yes 8.3% 8.1% 14.5% access (Yes or No) Home EVSE credit If Yes Not significant Not significant overall; 26.0% for Volt Not significant Home charging discount If Yes Not significant Not significant Not significant Gasoline price Source: Narassimhan and Johnson (2018) 1% 0.6% 0.5% 0.8% USAID FRELATIONAL USAID FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ONREL Transforming ENERGY 25

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