Improving the understanding of electric vehicle technology and policy diffusion across countries

Caroline Zimm

Transport Policy, 2021, vol. 105, issue C, 54-66

Abstract: The transport sector is particularly difficult to decarbonize. Use of electric vehicles (EV)—a potentially transformative and sustainable transport technology—can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, domestic fossil fuel demand, energy import dependency, and air pollution. Policies play an important role in the diffusion of new technologies, such as EVs, principally in their formative stage as they compete with an incumbent technology. However, great discrepancies exist across countries regarding EV support and uptake.

Keywords: Technology diffusion; Electric vehicles; Policy adoption; Event history analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2020.12.012

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