Electric vehicles at a crossroads: Sustainability through the lenses of information, adaptability, and income

Electric vehicles have been identified as important for reducing the impacts of air pollution and climate change, specifically in India, which clasps the 3rd wretched global ranking for air quality. The present study identifies the potential of electric vehicles to reinforce sustainability in the transport sector, addressing how the availability of information, adaptability of technology, and the level of income influence the adoption of electric vehicles as well as sustainability. In the present study, structural equational modeling has been used to analyze the data of 600 respondents through a stratified random sampling method which highlights the diffusion of effective information that significantly improves the outcomes of sustainability validated by the positive beta value of 0.590. The adaptability of technology also impacts sustainability with a beta value of 0.297 which inferring that infrastructure enhances the integration of Electric Vehicles. On the contrary, income did not show a significant effect with a beta value of -0.032 where the value of p comes out to be 0.066 referring that the higher income does not ensure an increment in sustainability through the adoption of EV. The findings suggest that whilst the economic factors are important, increment in public awareness and upgradation of technological support are equally important. The study furnishes the overall prate on minimizing the emissions of greenhouse gas and highlights the subtle role socio-economic factors plays in molding sustainable development, specifically in the regions where the pollution level is critical.