Multi-dimensional perspectives on electric vehicles design: A mind map approach

Abstract

The increased demand for transport and deteriorating condition of living environment have created a lot of pressure on various authorities to use alternate technologies in transport systems. Electric Vehicles (EVs) are considered as energy transition to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, carbon emissions, energy consumption, air pollution, and health issues. The study aims to provide a comprehensive multi-dimensional overview on electric vehicles design. The study analyses 12 years (2008–2020) period of scientific contributions. The development of EVs topics is significantly increased since 2011. The collaboration Index (CI = 3.08) suggests a good ratio of authors' count from multi-authored articles. The findings illustrate the combination of identified key factors for EVs. The word cloud highlights the focusing features related to EVs such as charging batteries, e-mobility, environment, sustainability, transportation, and renewable energy. Topic trends suggest the chronological evolution of EVs since 2011. The co-occurrence network discloses the association of key factors used in EVs. The proposed novel mind map discusses five aspects of EV design as i). Government planning; ii). EV Variants; iii). Energy Management; iv). Consumers’ expectations and v). Economic perspectives. The various stakeholders like policymakers, manufacturers, vehicle designers, consumers, energy companies, and service providers would get benefited from outcomes of this study to take initiatives on EVs.

Keywords

• Electric vehicles
• EV variants
• Energy management
• Vehicle design considerations
• Mind mapping