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dc.contributor.authorStruben, Jeroen J.R.,
dc.date.accessioned2007-04-27T19:37:05Z
dc.date.available2007-04-27T19:37:05Z
dc.date.issued2007-04-27T19:37:05Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/37306
dc.description.abstractThis paper develops a dynamic, behavioral model with an explicit spatial structure to explore the co-evolutionary dynamics between infrastructure supply and vehicle demand. Vehicles and fueling infrastructure are complementarities and their chicken-egg dynamics are fundamental to the emergence of a self-sustaining alternative fuel vehicle market, but they are not well understood. The paper explores in-depth the dynamics resulting from local demand-supply interactions with strategically locating fuel-station entrants. The dynamics of vehicle and fuel infrastructure are examined under heterogeneous socio-economic/demographic conditions. The research reveals the formation of urban adoption clusters as an important mechanism for early market formation. However, while locally speeding diffusion, these same micro-mechanisms can obstruct the emergence of a large, self-sustaining market. Other feedbacks that significantly influence dynamics, such as endogenous topping-off behavior, are discussed. This model can be applied to develop targeted entrance strategies for alternative fuels in transportation. The roles of other powerful positive feedbacks arising from scale and scope economies, R&D, learning by doing, driver experience, and word of mouth are discussed.en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesMIT Sloan School of Management Working Paperen
dc.relation.ispartofseries4625-06en
dc.subjectdiffusionen
dc.subjecttransitionsen
dc.subjectco-evolutionen
dc.subjectindustry dynamicsen
dc.subjecttransportationen
dc.subjectfueling infrastructureen
dc.subjectalternative fuels,en
dc.subjectcomplementaritiesen
dc.subjectspatial modelsen
dc.subjectsystem dynamicsen
dc.titleIdentifying Challenges for Sustained Adoption of Alternative Fuel Vehicles and Infrastructureen
dc.typeWorking Paperen


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