Analyse de la relation entre l'accessibilité aux bornes de recharge publiques et les perceptions et l'adoption des véhicules électriques : le cas de Montréal

On December 12, 2015, the Paris Climate Agreement was adopted with the aim of limiting the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere resulting from human activities. Like most public authorities around the world, Quebec has committed to fight climate change. The Quebec government is particularly tackling the transportation sector, which is responsible for 43% of the province's GHG emissions due to its high consumption of fossil fuels. Electric vehicles (EVs), which include battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs), are among the many solutions offered to decarbonize this sector. In Quebec, where 99.7% of electricity is produced from renewable energies, the use of these vehicles is emission free. Despite the efforts of the Quebec government to promote EVs, such as the implementation of the “Roulez Vert” program and the Zero-emission vehicle standard, the market share of EVs in new vehicle sales was only 6.2% in 2020. This low proportion reveals that there are still some barriers that lead consumers to more conventional vehicles. This thesis focuses on EVs in Montreal and more specifically on the relationship between their adoption, accessibility to public charging stations and citizens' perceptions. Indeed, although the influence of several socioeconomic, attitudinal, and contextual factors is assessed in literature, few of these studies has focused on the accessibility of public charging stations in urban areas.