Study and analysis of electric vehicles adoption: a middle eastern country as a case study

Abstract

Adaption of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and electric vehicles (EVs) is an important choice that has many positive environmental and economic impacts, where, it helps in reducing exhaust emission, participation in dropping down the amount of noise pollution, and improving the air quality. With these encouraging impacts as well as the reduction in the price of fuel consumption, electric vehicles become at the top of car industry. A study on electric vehicles and their impact on improving the quality of environment is the main motive of this research. Selected theories and factors related to the electric vehicles’ adoption are investigated and analysed. The main factor that led to the spread of electric vehicles is the reliance on electric energy, so it is considered as zero emissions. But there is another effect, which is that these vehicles need continuous electric charging daily, which in turn needs to generate electricity, which leads to environmental pollution indirectly.