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Local Charger Availability and Electric Vehicle Adoption: Evidence from Norway

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  • Cincotta, Costanza

    (Dept. of Business and Management Science, Norwegian School of Economics)

  • Thomassen, Øyvind

    (Dept. of Business and Management Science, Norwegian School of Economics)

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This paper examines the effect of local public charging infrastructure on electric vehicle (EV) adoption using microdata from Norway between 2010 and 2023. We use 1.59 million new car registrations, geocoded to buyers’ residences and matched to nearby charging stations, along with neighbourhood controls and fixed effects, to estimate the causal impact of local charger availability. Our preferred estimates show that adding 100 normal chargers within 5 km of a new car buyers residence increases the probability of EV adoption by 0.6 percentage points, while 100 fast chargers raise it by 3 percentage points.

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  • Cincotta, Costanza & Thomassen, Øyvind, 2025. "Local Charger Availability and Electric Vehicle Adoption: Evidence from Norway," Discussion Papers 2025/21, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Business and Management Science.
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    • L62 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - Automobiles; Other Transportation Equipment; Related Parts and Equipment
    • Q48 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Government Policy
    • R42 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - Government and Private Investment Analysis; Road Maintenance; Transportation Planning

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