Posted on behalf of Bradley Lane: CALL FOR PAPERS Electric Vehicles Sponsored by the Transport Geography Specialty Group, the Urban Geography Specialty Group, and the Economic Geography Specialty Group
2012 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers February 24 28, 2012 New York, NY USA One of the major current developments in transport comes from the electric vehicle (EV). China and most of the developed world have instituted policies incentivizing EV production to meet targets for fleet penetration. In the US, the Obama administration established a goal of 1 million EVs in the US by 2015, and California has established a Zero Emission Vehicle program to regulate the emissions of cars sold in the state. Escalating gasoline prices are among several factors driving interest in alternative fuels for vehicle travel. Finally, the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt have been introduced as the first mass-produced electric vehicles in the era of the gasoline engine. This push toward electric vehicle deployment occurs despite significant question over the short and the long-term utility of electric vehicles in the marketplace. EVs are currently limited by their short range and high costs, and potentially dramatic developments in battery technology are still years off. Questions likewise remain about charging infrastructure, technological development, the economic impact of EV production, and the marketability of EVs. This is a call for transportation research on and related to electric vehicles. Paper topics appropriate for the session include but are not limited to the following components: Consumer adoption Policies and planning Travel behavior Technological development Infrastructure issues Environmental and resource impacts The role of pricing and energy costs Please submit a title, keywords, a 250 word abstract for your work, and your AAG registration PIN ID number to Bradley Lane ([email protected]) by September 15th, 2011. Feel free to contact me with any questions or thoughts concerning your work or the session, as well as to forward this call to others who may be interested. Organizer: Bradley W. Lane, PhD Assistant Professor MPA Program The University of Texas at El Paso [email protected] 1-915-747-7132
