| Title |
A Study on Compatibility of Vehicle Using Alternative Fuels |
| Authors |
이택희(Lee, Taek-Hee) ; 강승진(Kang, Seung-Jin) |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5370/KIEEP.2012.61.2.074 |
| Keywords |
Alternative fuel vehicle ; Compatibility ; Network externality ; Non-standard fuel ; Standard fuel |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this study provides the theoretical model for protecting the economic and social loss from the current alternative fuel vehicle which is developed without compatibility and senseless one's own through verifying the statistical significant by method of measuring analysis. The market scale of alternative fuel vehicle depends on customer's and station's expectation about the number of potential vehicle users. It is very difficult for vehicle manufacturer to make a decision on the standard alternative fuel vehicle as it might reduce profit and market share. Accordingly, the development of alternative fuel vehicle should have manufacturer confident on the potential profit in the future. Moreover, if we decide to use the non-standard fuel after we started to use the standard fuel, it would take a huge cost comparing with starting to use the standard fuel only. As a result, once one of companies starts to provide the non-standard fuel service, it is getting more difficult to use the standard fuel going forward. Consequently, we may review the possibility of choice on the standard fuel before the vehicle manufacturer starts service with non-standard fuel. |