Characterizing the Theory of Spreading Electric Vehicles in Luxembourg

Ali Arababadi, Stephan Leyer, Joachim Hansen and Reza Arababadi
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Ali Arababadi: Department of Engineering, University of Luxembourg, L-1359 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Stephan Leyer: Department of Engineering, University of Luxembourg, L-1359 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Joachim Hansen: Department of Engineering, University of Luxembourg, L-1359 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Reza Arababadi: Department of Energy, Institute of Science and High Technology and Environmental Sciences, Graduate University of Advanced Technology, Kerman 7631818356, Iran

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 16, 1-24

Abstract: The development of electric vehicles (EVs) is happening around the world with different goals. Many researchers have worked on various aspects of EVs from technological and supporting policy issues to the development of required infrastructures. However, arguing the proper time to realize the spreading of EVs in each region is neglected. For this purpose, the performance of two contextual factors in each region on the growth of EVs is investigated. Low carbon electricity generation and greenhouse gases emissions are the selected parameters, which are explored in the context of nine European countries, besides Luxembourg, to find their impacts on the issue. These countries have the highest shares of EVs in their energy systems. The achieved results are applied to the Luxembourg case to evaluate how different contextual factors may have hindered the growth of EVs here. In the next step, an analogy between the spreading EVs in Luxembourg and leapfrogging different technologies in the world is made to build a theory of the development of EVs. The theory defines the spreading EVs in Luxembourg as a leapfrogging energy technology to adopt new technology. It is concluded that the development of EVs has a normal priority in Luxembourg.

Keywords: electric vehicles (EVs); low carbon electricity; greenhouse gas emissions (GHG); leapfrogging; theory of spreading EVs; Luxembourg (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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