Collection Title:	SIU IS
Title :	Key Factors Influencing Consumer’s Willingness to Purchase Electric Cars in GuiLin City, China
Material Type:	printed text
Authors:	Song Hao Ning, Author ; Fuangfa Amponstira, Associated Name ; Ousanee Sawagvudcharee, Associated Name
Publisher:	Bangkok: Shinawatra University
Publication Date:	2019
Pagination:	vii, 44 p.
Layout:	Tables, illus
Size:	30 cm.
Price:	500.00 baht.
General note:	SIU IS: SOM-MBA-2019-01 IS [MS. [MBA]] -- Shinawatra University, 2019
Languages :	English (eng)
Descriptors:	[LCSH]Consumer behavior [LCSH]electric power [LCSH]Hybrid electric vehicles
Keywords:	electric vehicles, consumers’ perspective, influence factors, purchase intention
Abstract:	Under the dual pressures of oil energy shortages and environmental pollution, many developed countries chose electric vehicles as an important development direction of the automotive industry. China also listed electric vehicles as one of the seven strategic emerging industries of the "12th Five-Year-Plan" period. With the support of the "863" special research plans on electric vehicles, some of the key technologies of electric vehicles and product development have made great progress in China. In recent years, many scholars studied how to develop electric vehicles, in particular, reached a basic consensus on developing the small electric vehicles whose technologies are basically mature. Besides, the government also introduced some relevant support policies, but the current domestic market conditions for small electric vehicles are not ideal, and consumers’ willingness to buy these cars remains low. Hence, in order to find the reasons for impeding the market development, this paper deeply investigated and analyzed the factors that influence purchase intention from the consumers’ perspective, which includes charging convenience, safety, and reliability of the vehicles, repair services, purchase and usage costs, etc. In details, this paper built some relevant models and designed the questionnaire according to the theories of consumers’ purchase intention and the characteristics of the small electric vehicles. Through the interviews and questionnaire to those who are familiar with the electric vehicles and could afford them, the first-hand data of consumers’ intention were collected, and then an SPSS statistics software quantitative analysis was conducted as follows: firstly, the current situation of the consumers’ purchase intention was obtained through a descriptive statistics analysis, the major factors which effect the consumer’s purchase intention on the small-electric vehicles were extracted with the methodology of element study, finally, through a multiple linear regression analysis, with the purchase intention as the dependent variable the influencing factors as independent variables, the factors impacts on the purchase intention were explored. To make the analysis results more targeted, further regression analysis was conducted under the different conditions of charging equipment ownership. Finally, according to the research analysis, related countermeasures were given, including improving using conditions of the small-electric vehicles, as well as the product quality, and reducing the users’ costs, etc. The research findings can provide a reference for policymakers on small electric vehicle’s development, and also help the auto companies to develop new markets of these products.
Curricular :	BBA/MBA
Record link:	http://libsearch.siu.ac.th/siu/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=27891

SIU IS. Key Factors Influencing Consumer’s Willingness to Purchase Electric Cars in GuiLin City, China [printed text] / Song Hao Ning, Author ; Fuangfa Amponstira, Associated Name ; Ousanee Sawagvudcharee, Associated Name . - [S.l.] : Bangkok: Shinawatra University, 2019 . - vii, 44 p. : Tables, illus ; 30 cm.
500.00 baht.
SIU IS: SOM-MBA-2019-01
IS [MS. [MBA]] -- Shinawatra University, 2019
Languages : English (eng)

Descriptors:	[LCSH]Consumer behavior [LCSH]electric power [LCSH]Hybrid electric vehicles
Keywords:	electric vehicles, consumers’ perspective, influence factors, purchase intention
Abstract:	Under the dual pressures of oil energy shortages and environmental pollution, many developed countries chose electric vehicles as an important development direction of the automotive industry. China also listed electric vehicles as one of the seven strategic emerging industries of the "12th Five-Year-Plan" period. With the support of the "863" special research plans on electric vehicles, some of the key technologies of electric vehicles and product development have made great progress in China. In recent years, many scholars studied how to develop electric vehicles, in particular, reached a basic consensus on developing the small electric vehicles whose technologies are basically mature. Besides, the government also introduced some relevant support policies, but the current domestic market conditions for small electric vehicles are not ideal, and consumers’ willingness to buy these cars remains low. Hence, in order to find the reasons for impeding the market development, this paper deeply investigated and analyzed the factors that influence purchase intention from the consumers’ perspective, which includes charging convenience, safety, and reliability of the vehicles, repair services, purchase and usage costs, etc. In details, this paper built some relevant models and designed the questionnaire according to the theories of consumers’ purchase intention and the characteristics of the small electric vehicles. Through the interviews and questionnaire to those who are familiar with the electric vehicles and could afford them, the first-hand data of consumers’ intention were collected, and then an SPSS statistics software quantitative analysis was conducted as follows: firstly, the current situation of the consumers’ purchase intention was obtained through a descriptive statistics analysis, the major factors which effect the consumer’s purchase intention on the small-electric vehicles were extracted with the methodology of element study, finally, through a multiple linear regression analysis, with the purchase intention as the dependent variable the influencing factors as independent variables, the factors impacts on the purchase intention were explored. To make the analysis results more targeted, further regression analysis was conducted under the different conditions of charging equipment ownership. Finally, according to the research analysis, related countermeasures were given, including improving using conditions of the small-electric vehicles, as well as the product quality, and reducing the users’ costs, etc. The research findings can provide a reference for policymakers on small electric vehicle’s development, and also help the auto companies to develop new markets of these products.
Curricular :	BBA/MBA
Record link:	http://libsearch.siu.ac.th/siu/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=27891