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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112445
	Trade-offs between vehicle fuel economy and performance: Evidence from heterogeneous firms in China
	Wu J.; Posen I.D.; MacLean H.L.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	03014215
卷号	156
英文摘要	Technological progress is an effective way to improve fuel economy in vehicles. Using a rich model-level dataset of all new passenger cars in China from 2010 to 2019, this paper estimates progress in fuel economy after controlling for increases in vehicle performance. Considering the unique structure of the automobile industry in China, we explore differences between indigenous vehicles (IV), joint venture vehicles (JV), and foreign vehicles (FV). The results show that a 10% increase in curb weight is correlated with a 6.4% increase in fuel consumption. When holding other vehicle characteristics constant, technological progress can reduce fuel consumption by 3.5% annually. Technological progress is larger for JV (3.9%) than FV (3.3%) and IV (3.1%). In particular, IV produced by firms that are also engaged in JV showed slower technological progress (2.6%) than other IV counterparts (3.9%). A majority of JV would be able to meet future fuel consumption standards on individual vehicles at the average historical rate of technological progress. In contrast, IV will face a greater challenge, especially for IV produced by firms with JV. Although weight reduction can reduce fuel consumption, it plays a limited role in regulatory compliance due to the weight-based regulations. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd
关键词	Fuel economy Technological progress Trade-off Vehicle compliance
英文关键词	Automotive industry; Economic and social effects; Fuels; Regulatory compliance; Vehicle performance; Foreign vehicles; Fuel performance; Heterogeneous firms; Joint ventures; Performance; Technological progress; Trade off; Vehicle characteristics; Vehicle compliance; Vehicle fuel economy; Fuel economy; automobile industry; compliance; fuel consumption; performance assessment; technological development; trade-off; transport vehicle; China
语种	英语
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/205405
作者单位	College of Economics and Management, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China; School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China; Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A4, Canada; Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3E5, Canada
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wu J.,Posen I.D.,MacLean H.L.. Trade-offs between vehicle fuel economy and performance: Evidence from heterogeneous firms in China[J],2021,156.
APA	Wu J.,Posen I.D.,&MacLean H.L..(2021).Trade-offs between vehicle fuel economy and performance: Evidence from heterogeneous firms in China.Energy Policy,156.
MLA	Wu J.,et al."Trade-offs between vehicle fuel economy and performance: Evidence from heterogeneous firms in China".Energy Policy 156(2021).