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Equilibrium Effects in Complementary Markets: Electric Vehicle Adoption and Electricity Pricing

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  • Pascal Heid
  • Kevin Remmy
  • Mathias Reynaert

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Electric vehicles shift passenger transport from oil to electricity, linking vehicle adoption to hourly power-market conditions. We develop and estimate a joint equilibrium model of German vehicle demand and electricity supply in which driver-specific charging decisions map travel profiles and electricity prices into EV operating costs and load. A 10% EV stock raises wholesale prices by 3.3%, creating sizable cost spillovers on non-EV electricity users, but reduces EV adoption by less than 1%. Time-varying tariffs lower charging costs and shift load to cheaper hours; in equilibrium, EV adoption offsets much of the system-cost relief while redirecting generator profits toward renewables.

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  • Pascal Heid & Kevin Remmy & Mathias Reynaert, 2026. "Equilibrium Effects in Complementary Markets: Electric Vehicle Adoption and Electricity Pricing," CESifo Working Paper Series 12719, CESifo.
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    • L9 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities
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