Background
Electric vehicles and solar panels provide the basis for innovative travel and consumption practices with low emissions, which are likely to play an important role in the transition to a low-emissions society. At the same time, both of these practices involve high costs and other barriers for users. This can result in uneven distribution of access among population groups and locations.
About the project
This project aims to study the spatial distribution of electric vehicle ownership and solar panels, potential correlations between them, and how they are related to socio-economic status and other factors, such as housing density and type.
Mapping and evaluation of distributional justice are central to this project, as well as reflections on measures that planners and decision-makers can use to make access more just.
The project is based on quantitative spatial analysis to map electric vehicle ownership in the Greater Oslo area and solar panel installations in the Greater Oslo area and Norway in general. Registry data for new car sales from 2015 to 2020 have been obtained from The Norwegian Public Roads Administration “Statens Veivesen”, and data on solar panel installations from 2019 to 2021 have been obtained from Statistics Norway (SSB). These data have been linked to population statistics (including socio-economic status) and spatial data (including density, housing type) and analyzed in a geographic information system (GIS).
Collaboration
The project is a collaboration between the Institute of Transport Economics, the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, The Norwegian Solar Energy Cluster (Solenergiklyngen), Istad Nett, Viken County Council, and Future in our hands. The project manager is Lars Böcker at the Institute of Transport Economics.