Factors impacting consumers’ intention toward adoption of electric vehicles in Malaysia

Asadi, Shahla; Nilashi, Mehrbakhsh; Samad, Sarminah; Abdullah, Rusli; Mahmoud, Marwan; Alkinani, Monagi H.; Yadegaridehkordi, Elaheh

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124474

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“…The United Nations Environment's Electric Mobility Program has been initiated to support the developing and transitional countries to shift from fossil fuels to electric vehicles [10]. Pakistan and India have set a Sustainability 2021, 13, 5523 2 of 18 30% electric mobility target for 2030, but electric vehicle sales, including two and threewheelers, remain low [11]. Despite continuous growth in the EV sales volume in China, the market share of electric vehicles was only 2.7% in 2017 [2,12].…”

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“…Despite continuous growth in the EV sales volume in China, the market share of electric vehicles was only 2.7% in 2017 [2,12]. Likewise, Malaysia is also struggling to promote the adoption of EVs and their market penetration [13]. Considering the low market penetration rate of EVs in developing countries, it is essential to explore the public intentions to adopt EVs to develop market strategies of promoting the EVs' penetration.…”

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Public Intentions to Purchase Electric Vehicles in Pakistan

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Electric vehicles (EVs) have the potential to lead the transition in road transportation from traditional petroleum mobility to electric mobility. Despite many environmental benefits, the market penetration rate of EVs is still low in most developing countries. Recently, Pakistan formulated its first EV policy for 2020–2025 to accelerate EV adoption. This study aims to explore the factors, including environmental concerns, perceived ease of use, effort expectancy, social influence, and perceived facilitating conditions, affecting individuals’ behavioral intentions to purchase EVs in Pakistan. The hypotheses were developed based on the literature, and an online questionnaire survey was conducted in Lahore, Pakistan, to collect the relevant data. The partial least square path modeling approach of structural equation modeling was used to test the hypothesis. The results confirmed that the environmental concerns, perceived ease of use, and effort expectancy positively affect the public’s intentions to use EVs in the future. However, social influence and facilitating conditions did not significantly contribute to EV adoption in the present study. The findings suggest that the EV manufacturers aiming to accelerate EV adoption should develop marketing strategies to disseminate information regarding the environmental benefits of EVs and enhance clarity about EVs’ performance and usage.

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Public Intentions to Purchase Electric Vehicles in Pakistan

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“…Jones et al studied the impact of EVs on the transport strategies of rural businesses that look for vehicle electrification [17]. Other researchers have also evaluated consumer behavior and preferences associated with ownership and lease structures, demographic diversity, and other factors that impact EV penetration [7,18,19]. However, not many researchers have focused on the business opportunities that entrepreneurs and established companies can create and develop through the accelerated growth of EVs.…”

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Social and Technological Impact of Businesses Surrounding Electric Vehicles

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Electric vehicle (EV) penetration has been increasing globally and is expected to continue its exponential growth over the coming decades. Several countries have already announced plans to achieve total or partial electrification of their vehicle fleets. Such rapid transportation electrification will have a significant impact on society and businesses that support the transportation industry. Additionally, new business opportunities will be available to support this technological evolution. In this paper, the business opportunities emerging from EVs and their supporting infrastructure are reviewed. It has been observed that several businesses, such as sustainable mining and manufacturing, will need to be developed before EV growth as they provide the initial platform required for EV adoption. Other businesses such as fleet optimization, battery management, and recycling can be developed at a later stage. All of these businesses will also have social and technological impacts, which will drive policy decisions. Regional governments play a critical role in ensuring the smooth execution of a transition to transportation electrification through social programs, such as training and education for equitable growth, and legislative decisions, such as technology standardization.

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“…Furthermore, another reason for consumers not finding alternative models of these vehicles is also a drawback [27]. Relatively ample empirical evidence about EV adoption factors and advantages are widely known, but still, the consumer adoption of electric vehicles is very low [22,25,28,29].…”

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Consumer Motivation by Using Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology towards Electric Vehicles

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The transport sector is the leading source of growing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions globally. To consider environmental degradation aspects due to transport, electric vehicles (EVs) have the prospect to lead road transport to electric mobility from conventional petroleum vehicles. Despite various eco-friendly benefits, the EV market penetration ratio is very low, especially in developing countries. The primary reason for low penetration is consumer limited motivation and knowledge about the EVs features. This paper uses a unified theory of acceptance and technology (UTAUT) model to assess consumer motivation and environmental knowledge towards EVs. This research used convenience random sampling to collect data and analyzed the results using the Partial Least Squares (PLS) method on the example of 199 respondents from Malaysia. The study results revealed that factors identified in the motivational context significantly influence consumer intentions to purchase EVs. Perceived environmental knowledge and technophilia have been included in UTAUT from a motivational perspective. Furthermore, a significant relationship between effort expectancy, social influence, technophilia, perceived environmental knowledge, and purchase intention towards electric vehicles has been observed, without performance expectancy. The study findings serve to inform policymakers and automakers to formulate effective marketing strategies to enhance consumer motivation, knowledge, and value creation for EVs in a sustainable era. Ultimately, the policies will help to encourage consumers to buy eco-friendly vehicles that will help reduce transport carbon emissions and attain sustainable development goals (SDGs).

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Factors impacting consumers’ intention toward adoption of electric vehicles in Malaysia

Cited by 181 publications

References 89 publications

Public Intentions to Purchase Electric Vehicles in Pakistan

Public Intentions to Purchase Electric Vehicles in Pakistan

Social and Technological Impact of Businesses Surrounding Electric Vehicles

Consumer Motivation by Using Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology towards Electric Vehicles

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