{"688526":{"#nid":"688526","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Beyond the Cost of EV Ownership and Adoption","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA recent study by EPIcenter faculty affiliates Joe F. Bozeman III (School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology) and Daniel C. Matisoff (Carter School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology), along with John D. Kim (Carter School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology) and co-authors Sanya Carley, David M. Konisky, Jeremy J. Michalek, and Destenie Nock, examines U.S. household electric vehicle (EV) ownership and adoption intent beyond upfront costs, focusing on charging access, travel behavior, housing, and demographics. The study utilizes a nationally representative survey of 2,870 households to examine how these factors shape both current EV ownership rates and consumers\u2019 intentions to purchase or lease an EV in the future.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe study finds that EV ownership remains relatively low among households with \u201cmedian\u201d characteristics \u2014 approximately 1% of household vehicles are electric \u2014 but increases substantially when households report access to community charging infrastructure. In contrast, single\u2011vehicle households and households located in states without Tesla dealerships exhibit significantly lower EV ownership rates. When examining adoption intent, the authors find that access to community and workplace charging, trust in the federal government, more liberal political ideology, younger age, and urban residence are consistently associated with higher stated interest in EV adoption. Notably, single\u2011vehicle households express significantly greater intent to adopt one in the future, despite being less likely to own an EV today. The analysis also reveals that public transit users show elevated EV adoption intent at earlier stages of consideration, suggesting potential complementarities between transit use and personal vehicle electrification.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/epicenter.energy.gatech.edu\/2026\/02\/10\/beyond-the-cost-of-ev-ownership-and-adoption\/\u0022\u003ERead Full Story and listen to a related podcast on the EPIcenter Newspage\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA recent study by EPIcenter faculty affiliates Joe F. Bozeman III (School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology) and Daniel C. Matisoff (Carter School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology), along with John D. Kim (Carter School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology) and co-authors Sanya Carley, David M. Konisky, Jeremy J. Michalek, and Destenie Nock, examines U.S. household electric vehicle (EV) ownership and adoption intent beyond upfront costs, focusing on charging access, travel behavior, housing, and demographics. The study utilizes a nationally representative survey of 2,870 households to examine how these factors shape both current EV ownership rates and consumers\u2019 intentions to purchase or lease an EV in the future.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A recent Georgia Tech study examines U.S. household electric vehicle (EV) ownership and adoption intent beyond upfront costs, focusing on charging access, travel behavior, housing, and demographics."}],"uid":"36413","created_gmt":"2026-02-25 20:07:56","changed_gmt":"2026-02-25 20:23:27","author":"pdevarajan3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-02-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2026-02-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"679436":{"id":"679436","type":"image","title":"EPIcenterEV_Study-Feb102026AdobeStock_125980820.jpeg","body":null,"created":"1772050115","gmt_created":"2026-02-25 20:08:35","changed":"1772050115","gmt_changed":"2026-02-25 20:08:35","alt":"Row of electric vehicles parked on a street and charging from charging poles","file":{"fid":"263599","name":"EPIcenterEV_Study-Feb102026AdobeStock_125980820.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/02\/25\/EPIcenterEV_Study-Feb102026AdobeStock_125980820.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/02\/25\/EPIcenterEV_Study-Feb102026AdobeStock_125980820.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":295742,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/02\/25\/EPIcenterEV_Study-Feb102026AdobeStock_125980820.jpeg?itok=yU9f7DgC"}}},"media_ids":["679436"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/epicenter.energy.gatech.edu\/2026\/02\/10\/beyond-the-cost-of-ev-ownership-and-adoption\/","title":"Read Full Story on the EPIcenter Webpage"}],"groups":[{"id":"367481","name":"SEI Energy"},{"id":"1280","name":"Strategic Energy Institute"}],"categories":[{"id":"194607","name":"Batteries"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"194611","name":"State Impact"}],"keywords":[{"id":"186858","name":"go-sei"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"},{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:priya.devarajan@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EPriya Devarajan\u003C\/a\u003E | SEI Communications Program Manager\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["ggonzalez68@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}