Decision-Making on Key Factors Driving the Demand for Electric Vehicles

The article presents a research study dealing with the issue of identifying the crucial criteria driving the demand for electric vehicles and decision-making on the ideal electric vehicle choice for the company under investigation. Specifically, the research aimed to identify key factors influencing the decision-making process to purchase electric vans and to propose adequate recommendations when applying adequate multi-criteria decision-making methods, namely, ELECTRE I and PROMETHEE II, in the Czech and Slovak market conditions. The present survey identified six key criteria: mileage, load-carrying capacity, recharging speed, purchase price, load-bearing capacity, and electricity consumption. Based on the expert team preferences, the criteria weights were calculated, followed by data normalization and the application of both methods to evaluate individual vehicle models. Using the ELECTRE I method, the options were classified as either preferred (dominant) or unpreferred (undominant), while the PROMETHEE II ranked them from the best to the worst, preserving viable alternatives should the preferred model be unavailable. The study concludes by emphasizing the relevance of these methods in optimizing the selection of sustainable transport solutions and their broader applicability in the decision-making process on transport and mobility.