Electric cars are relatively in the early stage of acceptance in Malaysia, the purpose of the current research was to determine the factors affecting the adoption of battery electric vehicles in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This research utilized a quantitative method to gather and analyze the data and proposed a novel theoretical framework to explain the acceptance of battery electric vehicles. 500 surveys were distributed and 322 were gathered. Respondents of the study were University lecturers, postgraduate students, and employees in private companies. The results of SEM analysis indicated that the developed model provides a good fit for constructs used for this research. The result showed that social influence, facilitating conditions, environmental concern, and perceived enjoyment have positive effects on the adoption of BEVs. However, respondents indicated anxiety about the battery range. In conclusion, this study has contributed additional variables such as range anxiety and driving experience to the electric vehicle's acceptance literature. The findings are significant to electric car producers and policy makers who have environmental concerns to understand consumer prospective in this field.

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个人创新性和驾驶经验对影响马来西亚纯电动汽车采用的因素的调节作用：综合 SEM-BSEM 方法


电动汽车在马来西亚的接受相对处于早期阶段，本次研究的目的是确定影响马来西亚吉隆坡电动汽车采用的因素。这项研究采用定量方法收集和分析数据，并提出了一个新颖的理论框架来解释纯电动汽车的接受度。分发了 500 份调查问卷，收集了 322 份调查问卷。该研究的受访者包括大学讲师、研究生和私营企业员工。 SEM 分析结果表明，所开发的模型非常适合本研究中使用的结构。结果表明，社会影响、便利条件、环境关注和感知享受对纯电动汽车的采用有积极影响。然而，受访者对电池续航里程表示担忧。总之，这项研究为电动汽车的接受度文献贡献了额外的变量，例如里程焦虑和驾驶体验。这些发现对于关注环境问题的电动汽车生产商和政策制定者了解消费者在该领域的前景具有重要意义。