Future of Transport and Fuel Demand Choosing to Diet: The Impact and Cost-effectiveness of China’s Vehicle Ownership Restrictions Anthony Liu, Rubal Dua, Wei-min Hu, Arthur Lin Ku Can voluntary carbon emission reduction pledges, such as the nationally determined contributions under the Paris Agreement, result in significant emission reductions? According to prominent experts such as Nordhaus (2015), Barrett (2005), and Weitzman (2019), free-riding is unavoidable in cooperative situations… Anthony Liu Dua, Rubal Wei-min Hu Arthur Lin Ku
Future of Transport and Fuel Demand How Responsive Are New Car Buyers in India and China to Factors Driving Fuel Consumption? Prateek Bansal, Rubal Dua China and India, the world’s two most populous developing economies, are also among the largest automotive markets and carbon emitters. To reduce carbon emissions from the passenger car sector, both countries have considered various policy levers that affect fuel price,… Bansal, Prateek Dua, Rubal
Electric Vehicle Subsidies: Time to Accelerate or Pump the Brakes? Science Direct Rubal Dua, Tamara Sheldon, Omar Al Harbi
Future of Transport and Fuel Demand Can Circularity-Based Approaches Prevent a Cobalt Supply Shortfall? Rubal Dua Electric vehicle batteries rely heavily on a small number of critical minerals, including cobalt. Cobalt metal prices have doubled over the past year as a result of a mismatch between supply and demand, particularly for electric car batteries (Hume 2022). Dua, Rubal
Future of Transport and Fuel Demand Is the Recent Price Spike in Electric Vehicle Lithium-Ion Battery Packs Temporary or the Start of a New Trend? Rubal Dua, Prateek Bansal, Juliet Akamboe Most nations are evaluating vehicle electrification as a way to decarbonize their passenger car sectors. To make electric vehicles competitive with conventional vehicles for cost-conscious consumers, the upfront purchase price of electric vehicles needs to fall. The battery pack is… Dua, Rubal Bansal, Prateek Juliet Akamboe
Future of Transport and Fuel Demand Bans on the Sale of Gasoline- And Diesel-Powered Vehicles: Why Are Policymakers Favoring Commandand- Control to the Point of Banning, and Does It Send Unintended Policy Signals? Rubal Dua, Prateek Bansal In recent years, the adoption of command-and-control policies, from mandating sales of zero-tailpipe-emission vehicles all the way to prohibiting future sales of gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles via tailpipe carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions standards or otherwise, has gained momentum globally in… Dua, Rubal Bansal, Prateek
Choosing to Diet: The Impact and Cost-effectiveness of China’s Vehicle Ownership Restrictions Science Direct Rubal Dua, Arthur Lin Ku, Antung Liu, Wei-min Hu
Fuel Consumption Elasticities, Rebound Effect and Feebate Effectiveness in the Indian and Chinese New Car Markets Science Direct Rubal Dua, Prateek Bansal
Future of Transport and Fuel Demand How Long Will the Semiconductor Crisis Affect the Traditional Automotive Sector? Implications for car fuel demand Rubal Dua, Hamid M. Al Sadoon, Majed A. Al Suwailem The 2020 semiconductor crisis has hit the automotive sector, as well as many other sectors. As a consequence of the COVID-19-induced shock, a worldwide semiconductor supply-demand imbalance arose between 2020 and 2022. Demand grew by around 17% annually while manufacturing… Dua, Rubal Al Sadoon, Hamid M. Al Suwailem, Majed A.
How Cost-effective are Electric Vehicle Subsidies in Reducing Tailpipe-CO2 Emissions? An Analysis of Major Electric Vehicle Markets International Association of Energy Economics Tamara Sheldon, Rubal Dua, Omar Al Harbi
Models, Data and Tools How to Mitigate Transportation Emissions in Saudi Arabia? The Role of Energy Price Governance Sa’d Shannak, Jeyhun Mikayilov, Rubal Dua In light of Saudi Arabia’s recent energy-pricing reform strategy, this paper investigates the main drivers of fuel carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the transport sector. We employed a battery of econometric techniques to analyze the long-run relationships between income, fuel… Sa’d Shannak Mikayilov, Jeyhun Dua, Rubal
Future of Transport and Fuel Demand Current and Future Trends in Saudi Arabia’s Container Throughput Ahm Mehbub Anwar, Nora Nezamuddin, Rubal Dua, Abdulrahman Alwosheel The maritime sector is a key pillar for the diversification of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s economy, and it has been prioritised by the Saudi government due to its strategic importance. Saudi Vision 2030 has set a target for making… Anwar, Ahm Mehbub Nezamuddin, Nora Dua, Rubal Alwosheel, Abdulrahman
Future of Transport and Fuel Demand Post-Covid Recovery of Air Traffic in Saudi Arabia Abu Toasin Oakil, Andres Felipe Guzman, Rubal Dua, Abdulrahman Alwosheel The dramatic drop in air traffic caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the related travel restrictions has significantly impacted the aviation industry in Saudi Arabia and around the world. The sector has suffered considerable losses due to the reduction in… Oakil, Abu Toasin Andres Felipe Guzman Dua, Rubal Alwosheel, Abdulrahman
Future of Transport and Fuel Demand Barriers to and Opportunities for Light-Duty Vehicle Electrification in India: Insights From a Survey of Experts Rubal Dua, Scott Hardman, Yagyavalk Bhatt, Dimpy Suneja According to the World Health Organization, India has the world’s worst air quality. Among other factors, vehicular pollution from the increasing stock of passenger vehicles has contributed to India’s deteriorating air quality. This increasing stock is also a factor in India… Dua, Rubal Scott Hardman Bhatt, Yagyavalk Suneja, Dimpy
Future of Transport and Fuel Demand Are Consumers Myopic About Future Fuel Costs? Insights from the Indian two-wheeler market Prateek Bansal, Rubal Dua, Rico Krueger, Daniel Graham India has the world’s third highest carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, after China and the United States. The transportation sector is the third largest contributor to carbon dioxide emissions in India, accounting for roughly 11% of all carbon dioxide emissions in 2016. Road transport accounts for around… Bansal, Prateek Dua, Rubal Rico Krueger Daniel Graham
Future of Transport and Fuel Demand Once Consumers Adopt an Electric Vehicle, Do They Go Back? Rubal Dua, Prateek Bansal The lack of repeat adoption of low carbon technologies has implications for climate change mitigation. In this insight, we explore how many electric vehicle owners dispose of their electric vehicles and do not buy another when purchasing their next car.… Dua, Rubal Bansal, Prateek
Enablers and Disablers to Plug-in Electric Vehicle Adoption in India: Insights from a Survey of Experts Science Direct Rubal Dua, Scott Hardman, Yagyavalk Bhatt, Dimpy Suneja
Future of Transport and Fuel Demand How Cost-Effective Are Electric Vehicle Subsidies in Reducing Tailpipe-CO2 Emissions? Tamara Sheldon, Rubal Dua, Omar Al Harbi The transportation sector accounts for 24% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (IEA 2020). Road transport is the most utilized mode because of its convenience (Van Essen 2008). However, it is also the most emissions intensive mode, accounting for 75%… Sheldon, Tamara Dua, Rubal Omar Al Harbi
Future of Transport and Fuel Demand India’s Political Ambition of Implementing Plug-In Electric Vehicle Sales Targets Yagyavalk Bhatt, Rubal Dua The Indian transportation sector is going through a massive transition, especially the light-duty vehicle (LDV) sector. Policymakers consider the electrification of road transport to be one of the ways of solving India’s triple problem of increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions,… Bhatt, Yagyavalk Dua, Rubal
Future of Transport and Fuel Demand Responsiveness of Saudi New Vehicle Fleet Fuel Economy to Fuel and Vehicle Price Policy Levers Tamara Sheldon, Rubal Dua The Saudi government has implemented several policies to slow the growth of, or even reduce, its on-road motor gasoline consumption. These include demand-side policies such as raising fuel prices and supply-side policies such as the fuel economy standards (SASO and… Sheldon, Tamara Dua, Rubal