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

Abstract

Electric vehicles (EV) 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 article we analyze the role of Swedish municipalities in relation to public procurement and especially whether and in such case 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 organization act as role models, create buying power and develop a secondhand market for EVs. The strategy to speed up diffusion within the municipal organization 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.

A systematic review of barriers impeding the implementation of government green procurement

“…The commonly used methods to investigate the barriers were surveys (17 studies) and case studies (9 studies). Others, either used the combination of case study and survey (Palm and Backman, 2017), focus group discussions (Walker and Phillips, 2009) or document analysis (Braun, 2010). A total of 8 studies utilised a mix of qualitative and quantitative data and 7 studies used quantitative data.…”

Unveiling barriers to sustainable public procurement in emerging economies: Evidence from a leading sustainable supply chain initiative in Latin America

“…There are, for example, works on sustainable public procurement in countries such as China (Zhu et al, 2013), India (Agarchand and Laishram, 2017), Saudi Arabia (Islam et al, 2017), South Africa (Mashele and Chuchu, 2018) and Malaysia (Mcmurray et al, 2013). The existing research tends to examine particular-mostly developed-countries, such as the UK, Sweden, the USA and Germany (Brammer and Walker, 2011;Roman, 2017;Palm and Backman, 2017), with a scarcity of studies in a Brazilian context. Additionally, the public sector has been re-shaped by contemporary developments in procurement, which require further analysis (Panayiotou et al, 2004).…”

Acquisition of Electric Vehicles—A Step towards Green Consumption. Empirical Research among Romanian Students

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“…The interest in electric vehicles has increased in the context of climate change and energy independence concerns, with governments encouraging their acquisition [20]. Starting, for example, from public green acquisition, considered an important tool in promoting sustainable consumption [21,22] but also for stimulating the market [23,24], it is considered that green acquisition must become a normal consumption behavior and must be adapted to existing purchasing practices [25]. As domestic policy instruments, a study conducted in Portugal concludes that the increase of taxes and duties for the purchase of fossil fuel but also of traditional vehicles are the most efficient for increasing the acquisition of electric cars, but even so an increase of only 10% is expected by 2030 [26].…”