The Global Diffusion of Electric Vehicles Lessons from the First Decade

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...

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Main Author: Li, Shanjun
Other Authors: Wang, Binglin, Zhang, Fan, Yang, Muxi
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C The World Bank 2021
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Collection: World Bank E-Library Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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520 |a 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