What Is Affecting the Popularity of New Energy Vehicles? A Systematic Review Based on the Public Perspective

Abstract

The dependence of traditional fuel vehicles on petroleum energy has aggravated the energy crisis, while the harmful gas emissions generated during the use of traditional fuel vehicles have aggravated environmental pollution and climate warming. Therefore, it is urgent to alleviate energy consumption and environmental pollution in the transportation sector. The development and promotion of energy-saving and environmentally friendly new energy vehicles has become an important initiative in the world automotive industry. However, there is still a gap between the promotion of new energy vehicles and the public’s purchase preference, and understanding and respecting the public’s purchase preference can help promote the popularity of new energy vehicles. Based on the core database of the Web of Science, we extracted 1498 papers related to the public’s purchase preference and the popularization of new energy vehicles in the past two decades. We adopted a systematic literature review framework to clarify the research trajectory and research hotspots from literature combing, with the aim to reveal the interaction between the popularity of new energy vehicles and the public’s purchase preference. In addition, we further refined and summarized the existing major studies in order to provide solution ideas for achieving the transition to new energy vehicles in an effort to promote the green and sustainable development of energy.