Attitudes Toward Electric Vehicles: The Case of Perugia Using a Fuzzy Set Analysis

Sustainable mobility has received increasing attention in recent years. The transport sector contributes to almost a quarter of Europe’s greenhouse gas emissions. The development of electric vehicles (EVs) may help the shift toward sustainable mobility, reducing oil vulnerability and greenhouse gas emissions in road transport. Poor penetration of EVs might be explained, moreover, by consumer resistance to EVs. The aim of our paper is to determine consumers’ attitude and preferences for EVs, investigating which conditions influence consumer decision-making to purchase an EV. Using a fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis of 421 highly-educated individuals, involving students and faculty members, we identify several configurations of conditions of the variables which lead to the outcomes, supporting their equifinality and asymmetric nature. Our findings indicate attitudes related to EVs differ across age and groups. Our paper offers public decision makers new useful insights for understanding the importance of specific determinants, and for designing effective strategies for EVs’ development worldwide.

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Sustainable Mobility: Interdisciplinary Approaches

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12239995 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (23) ◽

pp. 9995

Author(s):

Henrike Rau ◽

Joachim Scheiner

Keyword(s):

Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽

Greenhouse Gas ◽

Transport Sector ◽

Supply Side ◽

Sustainable Mobility ◽

Gas Emissions ◽

Continuous Growth ◽

Sustainability Transition ◽

Interdisciplinary Approaches ◽

Technological Means

The continuous growth in greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector has led to calls for a sustainability transition that is largely driven by technological means and supply-side measures such as infrastructure and vehicles [...]

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Energy Transition and Sustainable Road Transportation in Turkey: Multiple Policy Challenges for Inclusive Change

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities ◽

10.3389/frsc.2021.631337 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 ◽

Author(s):

Gülfem Cevheribucak

Keyword(s):

Renewable Energy ◽

Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽

Greenhouse Gas ◽

Energy Demand ◽

Fossil Fuel ◽

Energy Transition ◽

Road Transport ◽

Transport Sector ◽

Road Transportation ◽

Gas Emissions

This paper aims to explore energy insecurity in Turkey at the intersection of environmental sustainability, human security and justice vis-à-vis growing energy demand coupled with greenhouse gas emissions coming from the transport sector. High dependence on fossil fuel imports creates bottlenecks for the economy and require urgent shift to renewable energy sources. Prospects for renewable energy transition are analyzed based on focusing on total final energy consumption by energy and transport sector as well as greenhouse gas emissions. In order to propose holistic clarifications to the triangular problem of high fossil fuel dependence, energy demand increase and greenhouse gas mitigation, sustainable energy transition in road transport is put forward. It is justified based on the share of greenhouse gas emissions originating from road transport sector and high taxation levels that create extra burden on private consumers. Energy transition is conceptualized with the theoretical offerings of sustainability transition literature that point out to socio-technical processes, hence the societal, technological as well as external structural contexts of change. Upon this background, this policy and practice review outlines the current policy instruments in order to highlight the mismatch between policy and practices for just energy transition in conjunction with sustainable mobility in Turkey.

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Electromobility in Poland and Slovakia. Benchmarking of Electric Vehicles for 2019

Communications - Scientific letters of the University of Zilina ◽

10.26552/com.c.2020.4.35-45 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 22 (4) ◽

pp. 35-45

Author(s):

Ewelina Sendek-Matysiak ◽

Hubert Rzedowski ◽

Tomas Skrucany

Keyword(s):

Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽

Greenhouse Gas ◽

Electric Vehicles ◽

Large Scale ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Transport Sector ◽

Intergovernmental Panel ◽

Gas Emissions ◽

Electric Cars ◽

Effective Manner

Since the entry into force of the Paris Agreement in 2015, and with the publication of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on the consequences of 1.5 degrees of global warming, the issue of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in a cost-effective manner and within the timeframe outlined has become a matter of urgency. The transport sector, which accounts for a quarter of total GHG (Greenhouse Gas) emissions in the 28 EU Member States, is no exception. Due to the serious environmental impacts of transport, new mobility concepts are being implemented at both national and international levels. One of these is the large-scale deployment of electric vehicles, including those powered exclusively by Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) batteries. They are quiet and virtually emission-free and, in terms of safety, have the feature that, in the event of an accident, they reduce the risk of detonating the vehicle and of burning or burning out the passengers. This article presents the current state of electromobility in Poland and Slovakia with an indication of light electric cars BEV and the most important factors stimulating its development.

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Trends and mitigation options of greenhouse gas emissions from the road transport sector in Ecuador

The Sustainable City IX ◽

10.2495/sc140792 ◽

2014 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

V. Guayanlema ◽

S. Espinoza ◽

A. D. Ramirez ◽

A. Núñez

Keyword(s):

Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽

Greenhouse Gas ◽

Road Transport ◽

Transport Sector ◽

Gas Emissions ◽

Mitigation Options ◽

The Road

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Global Transportation Demand Development with Impacts on the Energy Demand and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in a Climate-Constrained World

Energies ◽

10.3390/en12203870 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 12 (20) ◽

pp. 3870 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Siavash Khalili ◽

Eetu Rantanen ◽

Dmitrii Bogdanov ◽

Christian Breyer

Keyword(s):

Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽

Greenhouse Gas ◽

Electric Vehicles ◽

Energy Demand ◽

Primary Energy ◽

Transport Sector ◽

Synthetic Fuels ◽

Gas Emissions ◽

Transportation Demand ◽

Final Energy Demand

The pivotal target of the Paris Agreement is to keep temperature rise well below 2 °C above the pre-industrial level and pursue efforts to limit temperature rise to 1.5 °C. To meet this target, all energy-consuming sectors, including the transport sector, need to be restructured. The transport sector accounted for 19% of the global final energy demand in 2015, of which the vast majority was supplied by fossil fuels (around 31,080 TWh). Fossil-fuel consumption leads to greenhouse gas emissions, which accounted for about 8260 MtCO2eq from the transport sector in 2015. This paper examines the transportation demand that can be expected and how alternative transportation technologies along with new sustainable energy sources can impact the energy demand and emissions trend in the transport sector until 2050. Battery-electric vehicles and fuel-cell electric vehicles are the two most promising technologies for the future on roads. Electric ships and airplanes for shorter distances and hydrogen-based synthetic fuels for longer distances may appear around 2030 onwards to reduce the emissions from the marine and aviation transport modes. The rail mode will remain the least energy-demanding, compared to other transport modes. An ambitious scenario for achieving zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 is applied, also demonstrating the very high relevance of direct and indirect electrification of the transport sector. Fossil-fuel demand can be reduced to zero by 2050; however, the electricity demand is projected to rise from 125 TWhel in 2015 to about 51,610 TWhel in 2050, substantially driven by indirect electricity demand for the production of synthetic fuels. While the transportation demand roughly triples from 2015 to 2050, substantial efficiency gains enable an almost stable final energy demand for the transport sector, as a consequence of broad electrification. The overall well-to-wheel efficiency in the transport sector increases from 26% in 2015 to 39% in 2050, resulting in a respective reduction of overall losses from primary energy to mechanical energy in vehicles. Power-to-fuels needed mainly for marine and aviation transport is not a significant burden for overall transport sector efficiency. The primary energy base of the transport sector switches in the next decades from fossil resources to renewable electricity, driven by higher efficiency and sustainability.

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