Annotated Summary

Bjerkan, K., Nørbech, T., & Nordtømme, M. (2016). Incentives for promoting Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) adoption in Norway. Transportation Research Part D: Transport And Environment, 43, 169-180. doi: 10.1016/j.trd.2015.12.002


This article focuses on describing the role of incentives in promoting battery electric vehicles (BEVs). The authors mention that the role of incentives placed a significant part in the adoption of internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs)in the past and it could be the key factor for the adoption of BEVs. Comparing the ICEVs, BEV is a new technology to the consumers and the main concerns for consumers to purchase BEVs would be the price and lack of knowledge on BEVs. The article mentions that most research on incentives for EV adoption was related to taxation and financial incentives. For example, BEVs were not liable for paying multiple taxation schemes such as vehicle registration tax, which would allow the consumer to save a considerable amount of cash and value-added tax (VAT) that were 25% in Norway. Nonetheless, BEVs also pay the least for the vehicle license fee as compared to other vehicles. BEVs were also exempted from road tolling and ticket fees on ferries. In addition, BEVs were given access to bus lanes and free parking on local carparks. While the article mentions the multiple incentives that Norway uses to promote BEVs, it also provides detailed information on the past statistic showing the increased amount of BEVs after the implementation of incentives. This would be of help for my team research project as we have a similar point of interest.

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  1. Brad BlackstoneNovember 9, 2019 at 10:03 PM

    Thanks very much, Chek Eu, for sharing this summary of a useful academic report. I really appreciate your hard work. I'll give specific feedback in class.

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