Breaking the Internal Combustion Engine Reign: A Mixed-Methods Study of Attitudes Towards Using and Purchasing Electric Vehicles in Kuwait

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The research project addresses a broad gap in electric vehicles (EV) research in settings like Kuwait, namely a lack of attitudinal and customer preference research into perceptions of EVs. Research into the technical and infrastructural dimensions of EV-adoption in GCC countries is well underway, including research funded by KFAS and KISR in Kuwait. Much less well understood, however, are social attitudes towards EVs and EV-use in Kuwait, and how best to market EVs there once those attitudes are better understood. In addition, the research fills two smaller gaps in the existing research into attitudes towards EV-adoption in the Middle East. First, existing studies rely on survey data, but fail to explore the attitudes reported in surveys in more depth using qualitative data. Second, these same studies also concern prospective EV owners only, and fail to include the perspectives of early adopters.

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Andri Ottesen, Sumayya Banna, Basil Alzougool, and Sadeq Damrah, '', 杏吧论坛 Middle East Centre Kuwait Programme Paper Series 18 (August 2023).
Keynote Speaker at AUCOB Conference, , (November 2023).
Sumayya Banna, Andri Ottesen, Basil Alzoughool, 'Reasons Why Only Kuwaiti Citizens Drive Electric Vehicles Despite Being Only a Quarter of the Population', World Electric Vehicle Journal - Volume 14, Issue 287, (October 2023).
Andri Ottesen, Sumayya Banna, Basil Alzoughool, '', Energies 2023 - Volume 16, Issue 3756, (April 2023).
Andri Ottesen, Dieter Thom, Rupali Bhagat, Rola Mourdaa, '', Sustainablity 2023 - Volume 15, Issue 7054, (April 2023).
Sam Toglaw, Andri Ottesen, Yamen Nissi, '', Proceedings 2023 - Volume 8, Issue 35, (March 2023).
Andri Ottesen, Sumayya Banna, Basil Alzoughool, ,
Andri Ottesen, Sam Toglwa, Faisal Alquaoud, Vladimir Simović, '', Journal of Management Sciences - Volume 9, Issue 2, (December 2022).
Andri Ottesen, Sumayya Banna, Basil Alzougool and Vladimir Simović, '', Journal of Women's Entrepreneurship and Education 55 (October 2022).
Andri Ottesen, Sumayya Banna and Basil Alzougool, '', Sustainability 14/9 12163 (September 2022).
Andri Ottesen and Sam Toglaw, ‘Electric Vehicles – A Value Proposition for Emerging Markets. The Case of Kuwait’ presentation, 38th EBES Conference – Warsaw, 16-18 January 2022.
Pre-study: Andri Ottesen and Sumayya Banna, '', International Journal of Engineering and Technology, 10 (2), 2021.
Presentation: Andri Ottesen, Sumayya Banna and Basil Alzougool, 'Attitudes towards Electric Vehicle in Kuwait: A Mixed Method Approach', 40th EBES Conference Istanbul, July 2022.