Car Purchase Intention Modeling in the Context of COVID-19: An Integrated Analysis of Impact Range and Impact Asymmetry

The car purchase intention of noncar owners is closely related to the growth ownership and may be changed in context COVID-19. This paper aims investigate decision-making mechanism before COVID-19 change after contributions influencing factors are derived from gradient boosting decision tree model asymmetric effects attitudinal further analyzed based on three-factor theory. comprehensive importance hierarchies two dependent variables constructed through integrated analysis impact range asymmetry. results show that people who were previously more willing buy cars likely increase their willingness pre–COVID-19 primarily determined by shared mobility-related attitudes, while attitudes toward private use have a greater post–COVID-19 change. These mainly manifested as relievers discouragers COVID-19, but they transformed into strengtheners encouragers availability mobility has maximum Therefore, maintaining promoting ridership will most important prerequisite for alleviating pandemic.