Abstract
As electric vehicles can significantly reduce the direct carbon emissions from petroleum, promoting the development of the electric vehicle market has been a new concentration for the auto industry. However, insufficient public charging infrastructure has become a significant obstacle to the further growth of electric vehicle sales. This paper estimates the impact of the availability of public charging piles on electric vehicle sales using panel regression analysis. It then investigates the barriers to the construction and operation of the public charging piles based on a field survey in 101 communities in Beijing, China. We find that insufficient public charging piles would significantly limit the sales of electric vehicles, in particular when the public charging piles are built up for specific users or in developed regions where private parking spaces are limited. It is found that the top four barriers are limited parking spaces, complicated circuit modification, unclear responsibilities for property management companies, and the objection or high mobility of existing parking space users.
Highlights
With the deterioration of the ecological environment and resource depletion, promoting the electric vehicle (EV) industry development has been a new concentration for the auto industry, as it can significantly reduce the direct carbon emissions from petroleum [1,2,3]
One standard deviation change in the number of public charging piles would cause about a 13% standard deviation change in the EV sales rate in the month
According to Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Promotion Alliance (EVCIPA), by the end of 2019, 80% of public charging piles were for unspecific use in China, and those for private use accounted for 20%
Summary
With the deterioration of the ecological environment and resource depletion, promoting the electric vehicle (EV) industry development has been a new concentration for the auto industry, as it can significantly reduce the direct carbon emissions from petroleum [1,2,3]. The global EV market has been developing rapidly. According to BloombergNEF, the sales of passenger EVs were 450,000 in 2015 and jumped to 2.1 million in 2019, increasing by 3.7 times. It is anticipated that 58% of global passenger vehicle sales will be electric by 2040 [4]. China has the largest EV market globally, rising fast in both output and sales. China takes the largest share of global EV sales. In 2015, China accounted for over 20% of global passenger EV sales, and that share has increased to 50% since 2017
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