Title: A systematic review of motivators, determinants and parameters for the adoption of electric freight vehicles

Authors: Şükrü İmre; Dilay Çelebi

Addresses: Department of Management Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey ' South-East European Research Centre (SEERC), CITY College Thessaloniki – University of York, Thessaloniki, Greece

Abstract: The objective of this article is to contribute to the understanding of factors playing a role in the wider adoption of EFVs in commercial fleets by exploring motivational factors leading to fleet managers adopting EFVs. This exploration is based on a review and analysis of the electric vehicles literature, particularly related to commercial fleets and freight transport. Our study differs from the previous studies by providing a more comprehensive literature review and by identifying the factors impacting systems of EFVs over a two-dimensional framework, including financial, operational and behavioural issues. The highlights of the study are that it provides a comprehensive literature review about the diffusion of electric freight vehicles in commercial fleets, suggests a two-dimensional framework for identifying the factors in adoption of electric freight vehicles in commercial fleets, and gives a summary of factors which is corresponding to the adoption of electric freight vehicles.

Keywords: electric vehicles; freight transportation; literature review; electric vehicle adoption.

DOI: 10.1504/IJLSM.2024.138866

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, 2024 Vol.47 No.4, pp.534 - 552

Received: 02 Jun 2021
Accepted: 03 Oct 2021
Published online: 03 Jun 2024 *

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