Adoption of electric vehicle: A literature review and prospects for sustainability

Abstract

Abstract Scholarly research on the topic of electric vehicles has witnessed a dramatic increase in the current decade; however, reviews that synthesize and integrate these findings comprehensively have been lacking. This study is an attempt at filling in that void through an integrative review methodology. It includes an integrative review of 239 articles published across Scopus Q1 journals and compiled using an integrative review protocol. It encompasses the identification of variables in five different categories: antecedents, mediators, moderators, consequences, and socio-demographics. The analysis procedure revealed many interesting insights related to research methods and region-specific developments. The review draws attention to relatively neglected topics such as dealership experience, charging infrastructure resilience, and marketing strategies as well as identifies much-studied topics such as charging infrastructure development, total cost of ownership, and purchase-based incentive policies. It also clarifies the mechanisms of electric vehicle adoption by highlighting important mediators and moderators. The findings would be beneficial to both researchers and policymakers alike, as there has been a dearth of earlier reviews that have analyzed all sustainable consequence variables simultaneously and collectively. The development of a comprehensive nomological network of electric vehicle adoption added a new dimension in this study. The segment-wise key policy recommendations provide many insights for stakeholders to envisage electric mobility.