Abstract
The diffusion of electric vehicles in Italy has started but some complications weight its spread. At present, hybrid technology is the most followed by users, due particularly to socioeconomic factors such as cost of investment and range anxiety. After a deep discussion of the Italian scenario, the aim of the paper is to recognize whether fuel cell technology may be an enabling solution to overcome pollution problems and respect for the environment. The opportunity to use fuel cells to store electric energy is quite fascinating—the charging times will be shortened and heavy passenger transport should be effortless challenged. On the basis of the present history and by investigating the available information, this work reports the current e-mobility state in Italy and forecasts the cities in which a fuel cell charging infrastructure should be more profitable, with the intention of granting a measured outlook on the plausible development of this actual niche market.
Highlights
In the last twenty years, great attention has been paid to the problem of climate change and to the decrease of greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere
Emissions are relatively stable between 2013 and 2016, the initial International Energy Agency (IEA) investigation exposed that in 2017 emissions increased by about 1.5%, directed by the growing demand of China and India and the European Union [3]
This study presents a qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) of incentive e-mobility policies and supports in 15 European cities in order to identify political configurations at urban and local level that lead to favorable results in the promotion of the consequent adoption of electric vehicles [36]
Summary
In the last twenty years, great attention has been paid to the problem of climate change and to the decrease of greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere. In 2016, global CO2 emissions due to fuel combustion were about 32 Gt CO2, substantially similar to 2015 levels These data show that emissions have more than doubled since the beginning of the 1970s and have increased by around 40% since 2000. Despite the growth in coal consumption, the IEA notes, that the transition to gas was accelerated in 2018, avoiding the use of nearly 60 million tons of coal and the dispersion in the air of 95 million tons of CO2. Without this result, the increase in emissions would have been over 15% higher [4].
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