Investigation of possible influences on the different development of registration numbers of electric vehicles within europe

In Europe and other regions of the world, climate policy targets and concrete measures for the reduction of climate-damaging greenhouse gases have been defined in recent years, partly as a result of the Paris UN Framework Agreement, partly as binding and legally anchored, partly as more or less non-binding target formulations. In this context, the electrification of individual transport is seen as a central element of decarbonisation in the transport sector. Linked to this are political support measures that vary greatly in terms of type and extent at national and regional level. The automotive industry has also oriented itself towards e- mobility in recent years with considerable investments and an adapted brand and model policy. The significant increase in registrations in the main sales markets seems to confirm the success of electrically powered vehicles. Nevertheless, considerable differences between individual regions and countries can still be observed, even within economic clubs such as the European Union (EU). This paper deals with the question of which factors fundamentally influence the success or failure of e-vehicles on the automotive market and to what extent these influencing factors contribute in their impact to the regionally pronounced differences on the e-vehicle market. For this purpose, selected papers and studies were systematically analysed within the framework of a literature search and their results were evaluated in relation to the questions of this paper. The focus was on the European region, but not limited to it. The literature research was accompanied and supplemented by an analysis of selected data from the European region with the aim of identifying possible statistically significant correlations between the E shares in the vehicle market and certain demographic, social and economic conditions. One result of this study is that the success of e-vehicles on national markets can depend on a whole range of different factors, some of them regionally determined, and their combination. On the other hand, however, consumer behaviour as a whole is particularly influenced by certain factors or factor groups of an economic, political and socio-economic nature