What is the problem? The obstacles to the electrification of urban mobility in Mediterranean cities. Case study of Valencia, Spain

• DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2022.112649
• Publication Date: 2022-06-04T15:21:17Z
• Authors: Paula Bastida-Molina; David Ribó-Pérez; Tomás Gómez-Navarro; Elías Hurtado-Pérez
• Keywords: Urban agglomeration

The transport sector is answerable for around a quarter of the global CO2 emissions sent into atmosphere, and 50% greenhouse gases in cities. Considering staggered introduction renewable sources electricity mix, electric vehicles (EVs) urban network arises as necessary environmental solution. However, their integration facing wide range barriers, many them only qualitatively known, or uncertain. This paper presents multicriteria methodology to assess such obstacles electrification Mediterranean flat medium analysis considers context analysis, literature review, application Multi Criteria Decision Making Method: Analytic Network Process, with aid panel experts representing quadruple helix involvement (Government, Business, Society Academia). As case study, city Valencia (Spain) was chosen, which has been deep transition mobility recent decades. Results revealed that most influential barriers turned out be insufficient subsidies EVs’ development, battery autonomy power CapEx batteries. Moreover, private passenger followed by freight ranked affected alternatives.