IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/ucp/jaerec/doi10.1086-730868.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Carbon Policy and the Emissions Implications of Electric Vehicles

Author

Listed:
  • Kenneth T. Gillingham
  • Marten Ovaere
  • Stephanie M. Weber

Abstract

Will a carbon tax improve the consequences of policies to promote electric vehicles? This study explores a possible complementarity between carbon pricing and high electric vehicle adoption. We analyze US electricity generation in recent years to show that in several regions, carbon pricing interacts with electric vehicle adoption. Under moderate carbon prices like those in effect today, additional electric vehicles will be more likely to be charged with coal-fired generation than without carbon pricing. We confirm this finding using a detailed dynamic model that includes the transportation and power sectors. At much higher carbon prices, the effect reverses.

Suggested Citation

  • Kenneth T. Gillingham & Marten Ovaere & Stephanie M. Weber, 2025. "Carbon Policy and the Emissions Implications of Electric Vehicles," Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, University of Chicago Press, vol. 12(2), pages 313-352.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucp:jaerec:doi:10.1086/730868
    DOI: 10.1086/730868
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/730868
    Download Restriction: Access to the online full text or PDF requires a subscription.
    File URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/730868
    Download Restriction: Access to the online full text or PDF requires a subscription.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1086/730868?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ucp:jaerec:doi:10.1086/730868. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Journals Division (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/JAERE .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.