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Road users’ attitudes towards electric vehicle incentives: Empirical evidence from Oslo in 2014–2020

Marie Aarestrup Aasness and James Odeck

Research in Transportation Economics, 2023, vol. 97, issue C

Abstract: This paper examines participant attitudes towards battery electric vehicle (BEV) incentives. Our case study was conducted in the greater Oslo area. Oslo has ranked as the world capital of BEV usage since 2014. The Norwegian government currently leads the comprehensive use of BEV incentives to decarbonize road transport. The data set is from a questionnaire survey conducted annually between 2014 and 2020. A total of 6363 individuals divided equally into annual random samples were asked to express their attitudes towards the different BEV incentives in place in each year. Participants were aged 18 or older and were living in the larger Oslo area. Professional data collection companies used computer-assisted telephone interviews to conduct the survey. Generalized structural equation modelling (GSEM) was used to analyse the data. The sample was 49% women and 51% men, with a mean age of 51 years, ranging from 18 to 99 years old. People in greater Oslo increasingly disagree each year with beneficial BEV incentives such as toll exemptions, access to bus lanes without passengers and free public parking. However, internal combustion engine vehicle (ICEV) users are more likely to disagree than BEV users. The results provide new knowledge about attitudes towards BEV incentives from a longitudinal perspective.

Keywords: Electric vehicle incentives; User attitudes; Longitudinal perspective (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2023.101262

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