Abstract
As the automotive industry steers towards electromobility and electric vehicle adoption surges, Brazil and other Latin-American countries remain laggards. The Brazilian scenario exhibits unique features, such as a powerful automotive sector with large investments in internal combustion engine technology and a well-established biofuels market based on flex-fuel technology. Although energy security, urban air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, and technological advantage have been common drivers for the adoption of electric vehicles worldwide, the Brazilian immediate motivations are different, and the biofuels business ecosystem is likely to transform the path for electromobility. High tag price and public charging infrastructure absence have deeply discouraged electric vehicles adoption. A lack of regulation and a national consensus about the role of electric vehicles have been notorious. In fact, only in 2018 did the electricity regulatory agency (ANEEL) issue a resolution permitting the sale of electricity for recharging. The objective of this review was to create an outlook of the Brazilian transportation landscape. We identified relevant players, public charging infrastructure initiatives, market and other barriers, and regulation actions by consulting academic literature, media sources, and reports. We do not claim to predict the evolution of electrification. Instead, we aim to consolidate the information which can be used for decision support or strategy definition among entrepreneurs or policymakers. The main findings here are the necessity of a model for electrification able to create a synergy with biofuels and the urgency of having well-defined policies on what Brazil wants from electromobility.
Highlights
The last years have witnessed a rapid increase in the sales of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) worldwide
In orderTale to offer a broader insight, the supplementary material (SM) includes a brief outlook addressing the expected changes in business models (BM) for BEVs when compared to internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEV) BMs
The charging point operator (CPO) must communicate with the E-mobility service provider (EMSP) for data transmission. This scheme is analogous to mobile phone roaming, where a user can communicate through different transmission towers
Summary
The last years have witnessed a rapid increase in the sales of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) worldwide. Aiming to promote BEV and hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) adoption in Brazil, some tax breaks have been granted. BEV its adoption, vehicle or EVSE relevant players statements, updates any that information olderfor than 2013 for Figure considering it far the outdated. Material (SM) to includes brief outlook adoption, EVSE releases, relevant players andcompared other market updates addressing the vehicle expectedorchanges in business models (BM) statements, for BEVs when to ICEV. It presents an introduction on how charging infrastructure would boost a competitive BEV market, and presents the barriers that electromobility will face in the country.
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