Characterizing the Theory of Spreading Electric Vehicles in Luxembourg

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 spread...

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Published in:Sustainability 2021-08, Vol.13 (16), p.9068
Main Authors: Arababadi, Ali, Leyer, Stephan, Hansen, Joachim, Arababadi, Reza
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Developing countries
Electric vehicles
Energy technology
Greenhouse effect
Greenhouse gases
Growth rate
Hydrocarbons
Investigations
LDCs
New technology
Social aspects
Sustainability
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Summary: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.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su13169068