Abstract :
Electric Vehicle has been an international trend so various industries try to evaluate EV cost and commercial viability to get into this market. This study lists each cost parameter that may affect companies´ acceptability of market transference from traditional fuel vehicle to Electric Vehicle (EV). Three types of cost parameters are included and they transferable costs, fixed cost, and variable cost. Those cost parameters are environment construction, battery residual value, vehicle maintenance cost, vehicle price without battery, battery price, credit interest, oil market price, electricity market price, battery technology and so on. Here cabin cruiser of official rental type from Taiwan EV pilot projects is an example to compare with the same vehicle type of the fuel vehicle. This study attempts to construct a cost analysis model of the commercial viability. This model will identify the possible break-even point to be the reference for business preliminary measurement based on the pilot projects in Taiwan and provide the suggestion how to shorter the investment time from the analysis result.
Keywords :
costing; electric vehicles; EV commercial feasibility; EV cost; Taiwan EV pilot projects; battery price; battery residual value; battery technology; break-even point; business preliminary measurement; cabin cruiser; commercial viability; company acceptability; cost analysis model; cost parameter; credit interest; electric vehicle; electricity market price; environment construction; fixed cost; fuel vehicle; investment time; market transference; oil market price; preliminary assessment; traditional fuel vehicle; transferable costs; variable cost; vehicle maintenance cost; vehicle price; Batteries; Companies; Electricity; Fuels; Industries; Licenses; Vehicles; EV(electric vehicle); commercial feasibility; cost analysis;
