Swedish EV users’ routines and behaviors without home charging availability

This paper presents the results of an online survey addressed to current EV users in Sweden. The aim of the paper is to improve knowledge of a previously overlooked group in the electric vehicle adoption literature – households that lack the possibility to install their own home charger. Of specific interest in this investigation is revealing the charging needs, behaviors, and perceptions of this group. The results of the study are based on an online survey with 250 EV users, the majority of whom were in Gothenburg. EV users were divided into two groups: a group with home charging availability and a group without home charging availability. Linear regression models comparing the two groups showed that users without home charging availability perceive public charging as less convenient, further from their homes, and they have a lower perception of freedom to charge.