The spread of new technologies takes place at different speeds across different places and between different individuals in a society. This essay focuses on examining and analyzing how the distribution pattern and pace of electric and hybrid cars, commonly called electric vehicles, has taken place in Sweden since the beginning of the 2000s and the following two decades. This trend analysis has been done at national, regional, and local level. Furthermore, a binary logistical regression analysis has been conducted at the individual level for the corresponding geography, based on the goal of finding the personal conditions that affect the acquisition of an electric vehicle. The study shows that Sweden is at a turning point regarding the diffusion of innovation where the next phase that follows is the “early acceptance”- face in a society. Regional primary locations lead the development and the individuals who most likely own electric vehicles are generally married, highly educated men who own their own housing, have a yearly income above the national median income level and are between 40-80 years old.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:umu-196484 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Lind, Pontus |
| Publisher | Umeå universitet, Institutionen för geografi |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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