Economic Effects of Transitioning from Fossil Fuel to Electric and Hybrid Vehicles in Finland
Qazi, Shahryar (2022)
Qazi, Shahryar
2022
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202205098052
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202205098052
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The next step in mobility is diversification. For more than hundreds of years all transportation, private and public functioned by fossil fuel powertrain. However, the problem with fossil fuel is that it is a depleting asset which will end soon. Furthermore, using fossil fuel creates elevated levels of toxic fumes, CO2, and other greenhouse gases, which is a sizeable contributor for global warming.
The European Union and other non-EU countries have agreed to mitigate the problem caused by using and heavily relying on fossil fuels. All agreeing parties have created legislation and incentives to create a more diverse mobility plan where governments try to achieve mobility that is more sustainable and less pollutive.
This thesis studies Finland’s way to tackle the diversification of private and public mobility. This study looks at various datasets and the way of execution from other EU and non-Eu countries. The main reason for the comparison is understanding the financial economical position of Finland in relation to other countries by comparing infrastructure, income, and legislation. The study indicates that Finland is far behind other countries in areas such as the age of vehicle fleet, prices of using private transportation, weather conditions and payment default rates.
The study intends to seek solutions that could be better in mobility diversification compared to Finland’s solutions. All the data and various different aspects this thesis indicate that there might be cheaper, slower and solutions with less economical constraint in the short term.
The European Union and other non-EU countries have agreed to mitigate the problem caused by using and heavily relying on fossil fuels. All agreeing parties have created legislation and incentives to create a more diverse mobility plan where governments try to achieve mobility that is more sustainable and less pollutive.
This thesis studies Finland’s way to tackle the diversification of private and public mobility. This study looks at various datasets and the way of execution from other EU and non-Eu countries. The main reason for the comparison is understanding the financial economical position of Finland in relation to other countries by comparing infrastructure, income, and legislation. The study indicates that Finland is far behind other countries in areas such as the age of vehicle fleet, prices of using private transportation, weather conditions and payment default rates.
The study intends to seek solutions that could be better in mobility diversification compared to Finland’s solutions. All the data and various different aspects this thesis indicate that there might be cheaper, slower and solutions with less economical constraint in the short term.