Governments all over the world have been promoting electric
mobility as an effort to reduce the transport sector’s greenhouse
emissions and fossil fuel dependency. This work analyses the deployment
of electric vehicles in the European Union countries, between 2015
and 2019, and the variables that may influence it, using a panel data
methodology. The present work focuses on the deployment of battery and
plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, individually and jointly. Nine explanatory
variables were included in the model: density of recharging points,
gross domestic product per capita, cumulative number of policies on
electromobility, share of renewable energy in transport, total greenhouse
gas emissions per capita, tertiary education attainment, electricity price,
employment rate and new registrations of passenger cars per capita. The
results showed that the indicators influence differently the deployment of
the different types of electric vehicles. The most significant factor driving
the battery electric vehicles deployment was the density of recharging
points, while for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles was the share of
renewable energy. Policy makers should focus on adjusting actions to
the demand for the different types of electric vehicles.
This work has been supported by FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia within the Project Scope: UIDB/05757/2020.
