Assessing the socio-demographic, technical, economic and behavioral factors of Nordic electric vehicle adoption and the influence of vehicle-to-grid preferences
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This study investigates the interconnected influence of socio-demographics, behavioral, economic, and technical factors associated with electric vehicle (EV) adoption interest and the influence of vehicle-to-grid mobility on preferences. Using hierarchical regression analysis, we examine the impacts of six dimensions relating to socio-demographic, technical, economic, and behavioral factors in a survey (n = 4885) across Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Our results show that younger males, with higher income, a higher number of children, and who had experiences with EVs, and generally hold sustainability values are positively related to potential EV adoption. Among electric mobility attributes, vehicle-to-grid capability and charging time are determined to be the influential predictors. Adding vehicle-to-grid capability can foster EV adoption in our analysis, considering it can add a revenue stream for EV owners. Individuals continue to use specific knowledge of conventional fuel vehicles when considering EVs and their attributes. Among all of our factors, the fuel economy, financial savings, and environmental value were the strongest predictors. In comparison, the driving range was ranked less critical to former EV owners than to a conventional car and current EV owners. Battery life was ranked more important to conventional fuel vehicle owners than current and former EV owners. Finally, former EV owners considered vehicle-to-grid to be more important than curre…
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- Authors
- Chen, C.-F., Zarazua de Rubens, G., Noel, L., Kester, J., & Sovacool, B. K.
- Affiliations
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (US)
- University of Sussex (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Chen, Chien-fei
- Venue
- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-04
- Volume
- 121
- Pages
- 109692
- ISSN
- 1364-0321 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3000260176
- Cited by
- 314
- References
- 77
- Citations by year
- 2026: 38 · 2025: 70 · 2024: 71 · 2023: 48 · 2022: 41 · 2021: 34 · 2020: 12
- FWCI
- 11.39
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (acceptedVersion)
- Sussex Research Online (University of Sussex) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond (4182-00033B)
- National Science Foundation
- U.S. Department of Energy (EEC- 1041877)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Automotive Engineering › Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies
- Keywords
- electric vehicle adoption, vehicle-to-grid, Nordic countries, sociodemographic factors, behavioral factors, economic factors, charging time, driving range, battery life, fuel economy, sustainability values
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