National policy-making and the promotion of electric vehicles

Jason Begley, Nigel Berkeley, Tom Donnelly and David Jarvis

International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management, 2016, vol. 16, issue 3, 319-340

Abstract: This paper considers factors underpinning technology forcing by national policy makers in the low carbon vehicle sector. It focuses on five countries - France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK - and examines the driving imperatives for promoting alternative fuel vehicle and, in particular, electric vehicle uptake. It does so by looking at four overarching concerns for decision makers; energy security, sustainable development, impact on the existing automotive sector and the pressure from sub-national actors. The paper seeks to show that national policy in the five selected countries is heterogeneous in nature making consistent, standardised approaches to policy implementation a challenge, despite the similarity in ambition to advance instances of electromobility and to transition from conventional transport technology to alternative fuel vehicles.

Keywords: low carbon vehicles; LCVs; lead markets; technology forcing; supply side policy; national policy; policy making; electric vehicle promotion; electric vehicles; France; Germany; Italy; Spain; UK; United Kingdom; alternative fuels; energy security; sustainable development; sustainability; electric mobility. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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