Highlights Car's relative convenience is an important mitigating factor on the influence of environmental beliefs on travel behaviour. Pro-environmental beliefs have a “spillover effect” on EV use due to existing car attitudes. EVs can become a moral licensing tool to maintain existing behaviour and thus car use levels. To reduce car use, it is essential to improve alternative options and simultaneously restrict car traffic.
Abstract This study examines whether promoting electric cars (EVs) to achieve greener mobility undermines the efforts to reduce car use. It specifically explores the concept of moral licensing, wherein individuals use EVs as a way to feel good about their environmental impact while continuing to drive. The study uses travel data (n = 1223) from Nord-Jæren, Norway, to develop a Structural Equation Model (SEM) that explores the relationship between environmental beliefs, attitudes, and travel behaviour (i.e., use of conventional car, electric car, bus, and bicycle). The results confirm that pro-environmental beliefs have a “spillover effect” on EV use due to existing car attitudes. The relative convenience of the car over alternative options has been found to be the most important mitigating factor in the influence of environmental beliefs on behaviour. Consequently, to reduce car use and promote more sustainable travel options, it is essential to simultaneously improve these alternatives while restricting car traffic.
Electric cars as a path to sustainable travel behaviour: Insights from Nord-Jæren
2023-11-10
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Prolongatie van de Privilegien der Stadt Mannheim, vor tyn volgende Jaeren
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