ABSTRACT
As innovations related to e-mobility are so manifold, it is necessary to delimit the scope of our subsequent comparative policy analysis. E-mobility concepts may imply different kinds of vehicles – from bicycles, scooters and three-wheelers to passenger cars, vans, buses and trains.2 This paper focuses on policies that seek to promote the development and deployment of vehicles that provide a minimum of 50 km of purely electric range. It includes battery and fuel cell-driven vehicles, range-extended electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. Other activities related to e-mobility, such as new mobility services, are considered insofar as they increase the complexity of the systemic transition, but exploring their competitive performance is beyond the scope of this paper.
