High-quality intercity transit can encourage people to buy EVs instead of gas cars by replacing long distance driving trips & therefore, reducing EV range anxiety
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Yonah Freemark
Fascinating research finds that the expansion of China's high-speed rail played a big role in increasing >electric car< uptake.
Cities where high-speed rail arrived first had higher EV purchasing. Authors argue this may be because of HSR's power to reduce range anxiety.
www.nber.org/system/files...
Cities where high-speed rail arrived first had higher EV purchasing. Authors argue this may be because of HSR's power to reduce range anxiety.
www.nber.org/system/files...
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