The role of energy infrastructure in shaping early adoption of electric and gasoline cars
type: Dataset
distribution: Landing page for the dataset
title: Infrastrukturens betydelse för den historiska utvecklingen av elbilar och bensinbilar @sv
description: Electric vehicles have a potential to lower greenhouse gas emissions but still face challenges. This study asks what can be learned from US automobile history. In 1900 there were three equal contenders in the US automotive industry: gasoline, electric and steam cars. Only a decade later the gasoline car had achieved a crushing dominance. This dominance is often attributed to techno-economic factors, such as an innate inferiority of electric cars. Meanwhile, the role of infrastructures is not well understood. The research project examines the mechanisms behind this process, using information on more than 36,000 passenger car models. One result is that the slow diffusion of electricity infrastructure gave gasoline cars the upper hand.
description: Elbilar har potential att sänka utsläpp av växthusgaser men står fortfarande inför utmaningar. Denna databas innehåller detaljerad information om amerikanska bilmodeller, inklusive el- och ångbilar, och möjliggör studium av historiska teknikval. År 1900 fanns det tre jämbördiga konkurrenter i den amerikanska fordonsindustrin: bensin-, el- och ångbilar. Bara ett decennium senare hade bensinbilen erövrat marknaden. Denna dominans tillskrivs ofta tekno-ekonomiska faktorer, såsom en inneboende underlägsenhet hos elbilar. Forskningsprojektet undersöker mekanismerna bakom denna process, med hjälp av information om mer än 36 000 personbilsmodeller. Ett resultat är att den långsamma utvecklingen av elinfrastruktur gav bensinbilarna överhanden. @sv
modified: 2021-08-19T09:19:21.181514Z
issued: 2021-08-19T09:19:21.181514Z
publisher: Lund University
theme: SOCI
access rights: PUBLIC
qualified attribution: Attribution
  had role: principalInvestigator
  agent: Josef Taalbi
    type: Agent
    account: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2560-9504
    type: PrivateIndividual(s)
qualified attribution: Attribution
  had role: principalInvestigator
  agent: Hana Nielsen
    type: Agent
    account: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0918-5278
    type: PrivateIndividual(s)
contact point: Individual
  fn: Josef Taalbi
keyword: Electric cars
keyword: Elbilar @sv
keyword: Gasoline cars
keyword: Bensinbilar @sv
keyword: technology choice
keyword: teknikval @sv
keyword: infrastructure
keyword: infrastruktur @sv
temporal: PeriodOfTime
  start date: 1895
  end date: 1942
language: ENG
spatial: United States

Landing page for the dataset
type: Distribution
title: Landningssida för datasetet @sv
access URL: The role of energy infrastructure in shaping early adoption of electric and gasoline cars
availability: stable

Lund University
type: Agent
name: Lunds universitet @sv
type: Academia-ScientificOrganisation
source: 012a77v79

United States
type: Location
label: USA @sv