Review on Barriers of Electric Vehicles Adoption

Abstract

Electric vehicle is gaining considerable recognition as the world is trying to adapt to sustainable methods of transportation. The study aims to identify the key barriers for adoption of Electric Vehicles from a review of existing literature. This work further makes an attempt to categorize the barriers to recognize the most important barrier category and ranking of specific barriers within the categories to the adoption of electric vehicles in India. Through the existing literature, the barriers for adoption of Electric vehicles can be classified into four categories. i.e. Technology, infrastructure, market, policy and reforms. This research is useful to the government and policymakers for eradicating the potential interference for adoption of electric vehicles in developing countries like India. The aim of this study is to synthesize highly relevant literature on electric vehicle adoption barriers by means of a systematic literature reviews found in journals and articles published during last ten years. The barriers for adoption of electric vehicles are many. Most significant barrier in one country becomes a negligible barrier in another country. The barriers are dynamic and inconsistent. Hence, there is no single barrier in adoption of electric vehicles which dominates globally. The automobile industries and government policy makers in India should consider these studies for helping the population adopt to electric vehicles as there is lot of stress on sustainable development. There is sufficient amount of specific studies related to adoption of electric vehicles in India. This study aims to fulfill the gap of India’s standing in the barriers of electric vehicles adoption