The Greater Bay Area (GBA) accounts for a high percentage of pollution due to the large number of internal combustion engines. In the past few decades, there has been a significant increase in internal combustion engines vehicles while electric vehicles have not taken off yet in GBA. To a certain extent, the acceptance of electric vehicles is still questionable from the industrial practitioners and local communities. As such, this research study aims to identify the challenges and opportunities of electric vehicles in GBA to address the future direction of electric vehicles in GBA. In this study, it identifies technology and economy as the main driving forces behind the development of electric vehicles. Furthermore, sustainability, safety, and the life of the batteries may induce the slow adoption of electric vehicles. As expected, the study develops a research agenda and contributes new knowledge in the field of electric vehicle.

The electric vehicle (EV) has proven to be a workable solution to minimizing environmental pollution. The EV has generally received substantial attention from both individual customers and corporate users. The EV has transformed remarkably and in recent years emerged as the most quickly developing section of the automobile industry. China has proven to be an outstanding country in enhancing the manufacture and marketing of EVs. Nevertheless, green environment, charging infrastructure and technology are the three main challenges leading to slowing down the penetration progress of EVs into the Greater Bay Area (GBA) of China. This study aims to report the existing development of the EV industry in China. Then, it elaborates on national policies to facilitate the enlargement of charging infrastructures, explains how to stimulate the development of charging infrastructure at the national level, discusses the implementation dilemma at the provincial and city levels, and highlights the challenges and policy gaps. Finally, it addresses some issues, challenges, progress and implications for improving the EV penetration in the GBA in the forthcoming years.