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Environmental sustainability policy on plug-in hybrid electric vehicle penetration utilizing fuzzy TOPSIS and game theory

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In this paper, environmental policymaking based on sustainable development was evaluated in Tehran to increase the penetration of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. First, different aspects of sustainable development, including the environmental, economic, social, and technical aspects of Tehran’s vehicles from 2002 to 2018, were examined through the extended sustainable development model. The model documented the unsustainability of the development of vehicles in Tehran, the main reason for which could be the current air pollution in this city. Following this, based on the principle of sustainable development, some policy indices for the development of plug-in hybrid electric vehicle penetration were introduced and ranked using the fuzzy TOPSIS method, which ranked in the point of view of two players, namely buyers of vehicles and the state. Finally, to find the appropriate policy index, using the game theory method and taking the vehicle buyer and the state as the players, the Nash equilibrium point was defined as an appropriate policy for the development of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Thus, using the data obtained, the number of these vehicles for the year 2032 was estimated.

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Abbreviations

PHEV:

Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles

EV:

Electric vehicle

CV:

Conventional vehicle

BEV:

Battery electric vehicles

HEV:

Hybrid electric vehicles

SD:

Sustainable development

NHS:

Nature, human, and system

ANP:

Analytical network process

WHO:

World Health Organization

V2G:

Vehicle-to-grid

G2V:

Grid-to-vehicle

TLS:

Time–location shifting

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The authors thank for all supports of Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, and also for the cooperation of P.Porto University from Portugal especially Professor Jose C. Quadrado and Professor Ana M. Madureira who cooperated with the second author during his sabbatical leave there.

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

    Farhad Samaie, Shahram Javadi & Hassan Meyar-Naimi

  2. Interdisciplinary Systems Research Center, P.Porto University, Porto, Portugal

    Shahram Javadi

  3. Department of Electrical Engineering, Ashtian Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ashtian, Iran

    Hassan Feshki-Farahani

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Samaie, F., Javadi, S., Meyar-Naimi, H. et al. Environmental sustainability policy on plug-in hybrid electric vehicle penetration utilizing fuzzy TOPSIS and game theory. Clean Techn Environ Policy 22, 787–801 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-020-01821-2

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