Ayvens Mobility Guide 2024

The Ayvens Mobility Guide provides a ranking of which countries are the most ready to make the switch from fossil fuel powertrains to battery electric vehicles, taking into account a number of factors.

In this year’s report, it’s good to see some countries moving up in the rankings with 13 countries “developed” category while there were only 11 a year ago. There were also some big changes in the country rankings compared to the previous year, with the Netherlands moving up from third place to second.

In 2023, Austria was second in the rankings, with an overall score of 69 while this year Austria sits at 7th with a score of 67 In this edition Austria has dropped in the rankings however this is due to larger improvements in countries like Finland, Denmark, Belgium and Luxembourg.

Largest improvements in the “developed” country category are in the Netherlands and Finland with both countries increasing their overall score by 12 points each. Both countries saw large improvements in the total cost of ownership and EV adoption pillars.

In this year’s report, two countries have moved up into the developed category. These countries are Switzerland and Portugal with the change being driven by EV adoption and the wide range of EV powertrains offered in the markets.

Behind the country ranking is a robust methodology and a thorough study. We look at 5 key pillars, each with KPIs behind it to judge how ready a country is to make the change to electric vehicles.

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  EV adoption: The share of EV (PHEV & BEV) sales volumes compared to the total industry volume. Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are given greater weighting than other electric powertrains like PHEVs.
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  Charging infrastructure: The quality, quantity and complexity of the public charging infrastructure relative to the number of EVs that will need to charge per 100km.
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  Taxation and regulation: Government (federal, regional & major cities) incentives, subsidies or restrictions that impact the adoption of greener powertrains.
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  Green powertrain offering: The number of battery electric vehicle models available in the market and the number of unique BEV models sold in the past 12 months.
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  BEV vs ICE total cost of ownership (TCO) comparison: Measuring the cost competitiveness of battery electric vehicles compared to their internal combustion engine counterparts. A country that is at cost parity receives a score of 3 out of 15. The cheaper it is to run a BEV, the higher the score.
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  Sustainability relevance: Looks at the carbon intensity in the energy gird. A higher score indicates lower carbon emissions and a higher proportion of energy coming from renewable sources.

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