The Global Diffusion of Electric Vehicles

• Tác giả: Shanjun Li
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 621.31 Generation, modification, storage, transmission of electric power
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2021
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 230397
• Chủ đề: 1. CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE; 2. CONSUMER DEMAND; 3. ELECTRIC VEHICLE; 4. INCENTIVES; 5. TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE

Tóm tắt

Electrifying the transportation sector is key to reaching the goal of carbon neutrality. This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the diffusion of passenger electric vehicles based on detailed data on model-level electrical vehicle sales across the world from 2013 to 2020. The analysis shows that the highly uneven electrical vehicle penetration across countries is partly driven by cross-country variation in incentives and especially in the availability of charging infrastructure. Investment in charging infrastructure would have been much more cost-effective than consumer purchase subsidies in promoting electrical vehicle adoption. This finding highlights the importance of expanding charging infrastructure in the next phase of deeper electrical vehicle diffusion.