How do users adapt to a short-range battery electric vehicle in a two-car household? Results from a trial in Sweden

We supplied 25 two-car households with a short-range battery electric vehicle (BEV) to study their adaptation BEV replacing one of conventional cars. The data includes GPS-measured driving the households’ two original cars for 2–3 months, and remaining car 3–4 months. performed interviews before after trial period. can thus compare change in measured patterns users’ experienced relation adaptation. find large heterogeneity adaptation, some users more than replaced less. Most state preference using BEV, but this is not always detectable GPS data. Similarly, expected issues range limitation from do predict satisfaction qualitative