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Jenny Palm

Jenny Palm

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Jenny Palm

Public procurement of electric vehicles as a way to support a market : Examples from Sweden

Author

  • Jenny Palm
  • Fredrik Backman

Summary, in English

Electric vehicles (EVs) are increasingly seen as a desirable sustainable solution for the transport sector, and public procurement is often highlighted as one tool to stimulate a market. In this paper, we analyse the role of Swedish municipalities in relation to public procurement and especially whether and in such cases how municipalities in Sweden use public procurement as an instrument to enhance a market for EVs. The strategy in both municipalities was to let the municipal organisations act as role models, create buying power and develop a second-hand market for EVs. The strategy to speed up diffusion within the municipal organisation was through information and test-driving and in dialogue with the administration solve problems that arise. A potential improvement of the diffusion process would be to find ways to share the extra cost of an EV.

Department/s

  • The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics

Publishing year

2017-10-18

Language

English

Pages

253-268

Publication/Series

International Journal of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles

Volume

9

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Inderscience Publishers

Topic

  • Economic Geography
  • Public Administration Studies

Keywords

  • Barriers
  • Electrical vehicle
  • EV
  • Municipalities
  • Public procurement
  • Sustainable public procurement
  • Sweden

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1751-4088