Did Electric Vehicle Sales Skyrocket Due to Increased Environmental Awareness While Total Vehicle Sales Declined during COVID-19?
| Autor: | Theo Lieven, Beatrice Hügler |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
vehicle sales decline
electric mobility environmental awareness COVID-19 anxiety governmental subsidies Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Geography Planning and Development TJ807-830 behavioral science Management Monitoring Policy and Law TD194-195 Renewable energy sources Environmental sciences political science GE1-350 |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability; Volume 13; Issue 24; Pages: 13839 Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 13839, p 13839 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su132413839 |
| Popis: | Since the beginning of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has posed a global threat to humankind. In addition to many cases of illness and millions of deaths, the economy has suffered. Not surprisingly, vehicle sales have declined sharply in most countries by up to 25%. However, the overall sales of electric vehicles (EVs) did not stall; instead, they increased to previously forecasted levels. Is this increase evidence that COVID-19 has promoted sustainable action and strengthened environmental awareness, as researchers have discussed in recently published articles? Or is this merely the effect of monetary incentives by governments, as has been demonstrated in scientific research? This study examines the causes behind the surprising continuous climb of EV sales despite the outbreak of the pandemic by contrasting the influence of COVID-19 on environmental concerns and the usual monetary incentives with their potential complementary effects. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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