Description
In recent years, many public policies and research agendas related to the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) have been implemented. Despite these efforts, and an increasing EV adoption, the actual contributions of the transport sector to a reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are limited and not sufficient to reach the ambitious environmental goals that are needed to limit global warming. One of the reasons for this might be that EV adoption partly generates different behavioural responses to those expected. In the literature, these effects are often referred as "rebound" and "spillover" effects. The behavioural changes in response to EV adoption measured at individual and societal levels are the subject of this literature review. Our review includes and classifies more than 56 studies. The studies are related to behavioural changes that offset or partially offset the expected GHG reduction as people drive more than with their previous internal combustion engine car (rebound effect) or studies that address behavioural changes in other domains with the influence of psychological mechanisms and changes in the individual’s preference (spillover effect). The proposed framework and search strategy allow us to systemise the underlying economic and psychological mechanisms that are suggested to generate a change in different behavioural domains in the selected studies. The review also focuses on how these behavioural responses have been defined and measured in the academic literature and the limitations and research gaps of these studies. We suggest key areas where future research on the topic would be most beneficial.Period | 27 Sept 2023 |
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Event title | Beyond crisis/Beyond normal: A social science and humanities conference on sustainability |
Event type | Conference |
Location | Trondheim, NorwayShow on map |
Degree of Recognition | International |
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