Exploring user willingness to adopt vehicle-to-grid (V2G): A statistical analysis of stated intentions

IF 9.3 2区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Energy Policy Pub Date : 2025-04-27 DOI:10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114619

Jerico Bakhuis , Natalia Barbour , Émile J.L. Chappin

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Abstract

The vehicle-to-grid (V2G) innovation—which enables electric vehicles to return stored electricity to the grid—holds significant potential to support renewable energy integration and electric vehicle adoption. Despite growing interest in V2G, there is still limited understanding of user preferences and the factors influencing decision-making. To explore this, we conducted a stated intention study with 1018 participants, examining their likelihood of participating, and their primary drivers and barriers. Our analysis—using a random parameters order probit model and mixed logit models—revealed that most respondents were likely to participate (42%) or remained neutral (32%). Financial incentives were the primary driver (49%), followed by electricity grid-stability (26%) and environmental (25%) factors. The main barrier for most was loss of flexibility (55%), followed by battery degradation (27%) and data concerns (18%). The study highlights how user characteristics—including socio-demographic, household, car use, and attitude factors—influence these preferences. Finally, we provide policy recommendations, including targeted education and communication, income-based incentives, accessible charging infrastructure, and a regulatory framework supportive to technology development and user protections.

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探索用户采用车辆到电网（V2G）的意愿：对陈述意图的统计分析

汽车到电网（V2G）的创新——使电动汽车能够将储存的电力返回到电网——在支持可再生能源整合和电动汽车采用方面具有巨大潜力。尽管人们对V2G的兴趣日益浓厚，但对用户偏好和影响决策的因素的了解仍然有限。为了探讨这一点，我们对1018名参与者进行了一项意向研究，研究了他们参与的可能性，以及他们的主要驱动因素和障碍。我们的分析-使用随机参数顺序概率模型和混合logit模型-显示大多数受访者可能参与（42%）或保持中立（32%）。经济激励是主要驱动因素（49%），其次是电网稳定性（26%）和环境因素（25%）。大多数人的主要障碍是灵活性的丧失（55%），其次是电池退化（27%）和数据问题（18%）。该研究强调了用户特征——包括社会人口统计、家庭、汽车使用和态度因素——如何影响这些偏好。最后，我们提出了政策建议，包括有针对性的教育和沟通、基于收入的激励措施、可访问的充电基础设施，以及支持技术发展和用户保护的监管框架。

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Energy Policy 管理科学-环境科学

CiteScore

17.30

自引率

5.60%

发文量

540

审稿时长

7.9 months

期刊介绍： Energy policy is the manner in which a given entity (often governmental) has decided to address issues of energy development including energy conversion, distribution and use as well as reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in order to contribute to climate change mitigation. The attributes of energy policy may include legislation, international treaties, incentives to investment, guidelines for energy conservation, taxation and other public policy techniques. Energy policy is closely related to climate change policy because totalled worldwide the energy sector emits more greenhouse gas than other sectors.