Data on policy support for electric vehicles

Climate Policy Atlas: Electric Vehicle Support Dataset Version 1

This dataset contains detailed, machine-readable data on support policies for electric vehicle adoption from the years 2000-2024 for Germany, Greece, Ireland, and France. It contains information on the following policy instruments:

• Grants
• Tax incentives (rebates, exemptions, deductions)
• Fee decreases or exemptions
• Feebates or bonus/malus schemes
• Soft loans
• Tenders with additional financial support
• Bans
• Carbon taxes
• Emissions trading systems (cap and trade)

The work was performed by Silvia Weko, Franziska Bold, Aksornchan Chaianong, Dogukan Günkördü, Daria Lebedeva, Puru Malhotra, Ioannis Milioritsas, Johannes Weiß, and Johan Lilliestam, during 2024-2026. The data is published with CC BY-SA 4.0. The dataset should be cited as:

Weko, S., Bold, F., Chaianong, A., Günkördü, D., Malhotra, P., Milioritsas, I., Lebedeva, D., Weiß, J., and Lilliestam, J. (2026): Data on policy support for electric vehicles (Version 1, January 2026). Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18328109

Please note that the carbon tax and emissions trading data are via the World Bank Carbon Pricing Dashboard, and must be cited as such for subsequent analyses.

The authors would like to thank the German Federal Government, the German State Governments, and the Joint Science Conference (GWK) for their funding and support as part of the NFDI4Energy consortium. The work was funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) – 501865131 within the German National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI, www.nfdi.de). Silvia Weko would also like to thank the Office for Equal Opportunities for Women in Science and the Arts at the School of Business, Economics, and Law at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg. 

The data is to the best of our knowledge correct, but we do not assume any responsibility for any remaining data errors or publication mistakes. Should you find errors or have data to fill gaps, please contact climatepolicyatlas@nfdi4energy.org.