Open AccessAre Electric Vehicle Subsidies Becoming More Impactful Over Time?
Author(s) -
Tamara L. Sheldon,
Rubal Dua,
Omar Al Harbi
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.30573/ks--2021-dp04
Subject(s) - subsidy , greenhouse gas , business , government (linguistics) , state (computer science) , electric vehicle , natural resource economics , economics , market economy , computer science , power (physics) , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , algorithm , biology , physics , quantum mechanics
Various subsidies for plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) have been implemented worldwide at the federal, state and regional levels. These subsidies aim to promote PEV adoption to help reduce both local air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions (Hardman 2019). In the United States (U.S.), the federal government began subsidizing PEVs in 2010.