A Review of Factors Influencing the Adoption of Electric Vehicles in the World

The road transport sector has a direct effect on fossil energy sources, cost, and consumption. Indeed, it has affected the environmental situation reversely with high carbon dioxide emissions. Due to this negative impact, the transition to electric vehicle (EV) technology must be a mandatory target for governments worldwide. To achieve this objective, many countries have developed various policies to promote EV technology buying or retrofitting. Thanks to the adopted policies, the electric technology market share has been growing. Meanwhile, research studies are involved also in this project by studying the benefit of EV technology low total cost of ownership (TCO) to motivate consumers of its utilization. For that purpose, the present paper aims to review the discussed policies, and methods to boost the diffusion of electric technology as a sustainable and reliable solution to overcome the global energy situation despite the different obstacles, barriers, and the pandemic situation (COVID-19), which has affected the consumer economic and social behavior. © 2022 IEEE.

Assessing the impacts of COVID-19 on carbon emissions from the road transport sector in China

The outbreak and spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has altered transport patterns in China, leading to significant changes in energy consumption and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. This study assessed the spatiotemporal characteristics of transport-related CO2 emissions at the provincial level in China during the COVID-19 pandemic. Provincial-level time-series emissions were estimated based on monthly transport demand data, including both passenger and freight transport demand in China’s 31 provinces, as well as mode share, technology mix, energy intensity, and emission factor data obtained from an energy system model. Spatial autocorrelation and hot spot analyses of CO2 emissions were then conducted to detect the regional disparities and spatial clusters of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on CO2 emissions. By assessing how transport emissions responded to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, a series of policy implications were devised that could provide a future decarbonization pathway.