Barriers to large-scale electrification of passenger cars for a fossil independent Sweden by 2030

Sammanfattning: Passenger  cars  account  for  a  large  share  of  Sweden’s  total  greenhouse  gas emissions  and  contribute  to  increased  climate  impact. In  a  climate  policy framework previously adopted by the government, it was determined that Sweden will  have  no  net  emissions  of  greenhouse  gases  into  the  atmosphere  by 2045. An  important  area  of  action  to  achieve  the  environmental  quality objectives  is the  transition  from  internal  combustion  engine  cars  to  electric cars  as  these have  very  low  emissions  or  no  emissions  at  all. Despite the electric  car’s many  advantages,  there  are  several  barriers  to  enabling  the transition  to  a fossil independent passenger car fleet.   This thesis aims to describe barriers to a  national  large­scale  electrification  of  passenger  cars  from an  industrial  and governmental  point  of  view.   Through  semi­structured  expert interviews  from the  public  and  private  sector  followed  by  thematic  analysis, several  themes were generated from the interview data. The results from the qualitative study indicate  that  there  are  a  total  of  six barriers  to  achieve one million  electric  cars by  2030: lack  of  charging infrastructure, unbalanced political  instruments, uncertain technological development, high  purchase price,   dissemination of incorrect information and electric car export, which can be complied as three main barriers:  lack of charging infrastructure, unbalanced political instruments and dissemination of incorrect information.