Moderating effects of personal innovativeness and driving experience on factors influencing adoption of BEVs in Malaysia: An integrated SEM–BSEM approach

Abstract

Electric cars are relatively in the early stage of acceptance in Malaysia, the purpose of the current research was to determine the factors affecting the adoption of battery electric vehicles in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This research utilized a quantitative method to gather and analyze the data and proposed a novel theoretical framework to explain the acceptance of battery electric vehicles. 500 surveys were distributed and 322 were gathered. Respondents of the study were University lecturers, postgraduate students, and employees in private companies. The results of SEM analysis indicated that the developed model provides a good fit for constructs used for this research. The result showed that social influence, facilitating conditions, environmental concern, and perceived enjoyment have positive effects on the adoption of BEVs. However, respondents indicated anxiety about the battery range. In conclusion, this study has contributed additional variables such as range anxiety and driving experience to the electric vehicle's acceptance literature. The findings are significant to electric car producers and policy makers who have environmental concerns to understand consumer prospective in this field.

Factors Influencing Consumers’ Purchase Intention towards Electric Two-Wheelers

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“…Tu and Yang's (2019) research showed that subjective norms significantly impact EV purchase decisions [41]. Khazaei and Tareq's (2021) research in Malaysia showed that social approval is one of the important factors for consumers' adoption of battery electric vehicles [28]. Therefore, social influence may affect individuals' attitudes and intentions towards electric two-wheelers also as it is a new technology.…”

A Qualitative Study to Explore the Determinants of Risky Sexual Behaviors and Pregnancy among Female Adolescents in Sabah, Malaysia

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Consumer Motivation by Using Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology towards Electric Vehicles

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“…Karunanayake and Samarasinghe [87] analyzed the perceived risk with the extension of UTAUT towards the purchase intention of EVs. Khazaei and Tareq [83] examined the UTAUT theory with the moderating effect of personal innovativeness and driving experience towards EV adoption. Another study by Khazaei [88] extended the UTAUT model with personal innovativeness and price value to examine the consumer intention to use EVs.…”