The Impact of Public Charging Piles on Purchase of Pure Electric Vehicles

The spread of charging infrastructure is an important factor in consumer acceptance of electric vehicles. This study analyses the data in China, and the econometric method is used to construct a fixed effect model to explore the impact of public charging piles on the purchase of pure electric vehicles. What’s more, the impact of different public charging piles on the purchase of pure electric vehicles for different purposes is further explored. The conclusions are as follows: With the increase of public charging piles, consumers' willingness to buy pure electric vehicles has increased significantly. Specifically, rental and leasing pure electric vehicles are more dependent on public charging piles than non-business pure electric vehicles; Alternating current piles have a significant role in promoting the purchase of pure electric vehicles for rental and leasing. Direct current piles are more important to non-business pure electric vehicles; The popularity of ordinary public charging piles has a greater impact on rental and leasing pure electric vehicles than that of specialized public charging piles, while the impact of the two types of charging piles on non-business pure electric vehicles is not much different.