Abstract:

The report investigates current and potential future government actions that can be taken to help drive the next-generation electric-drive technologies into the marketplace. The report summarizes global adoption trends and national targets, as well as major electric vehicle promotion policies like consumer incentives and charging infrastructure support for select markets around the world. In addition, the report summarises research to date on the effectiveness of various electric vehicle promotions to investigate emerging best practices on electric vehicle policy. Based on the findings, the report points toward an agenda for increased policy actions, international cooperation and joint research to accelerate electric vehicle deployment.