Evaluation of public policies for sustainable mobility in Spain: An analysis of the MOVES Plan
Authorship
F.V.F.
Bachelor's degree in Economics
F.V.F.
Bachelor's degree in Economics
Defense date
09.10.2025 09:30
09.10.2025 09:30
Summary
This work analyzes the role of public policies in promoting sustainable mobility in Spain, focusing on Program 42AB (Incentive Plan for the Installation of Charging Points, Acquisition of Electric and Fuel Cell Vehicles, and Innovation in Electromobility, Charging, and Green Hydrogen)(42AB.C01.I02) and the various editions of the MOVES Plan. Framed within the Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan and aligned with the European Green Deal and the National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP). These measures aim to promote the electrification of transportation and the expansion of charging infrastructure. This policy is contextualized within the European and national regulatory frameworks through a theoretical approach. Its technical and budgetary characteristics are described, and its impact is evaluated based on the criteria of efficiency, equity, and effectiveness. The analysis reveals that, although the MOVES Plan has contributed to the increase in electric vehicle registrations, significant structural limitations still persist: territorial inequalities, administrative slowness, low execution of charging infrastructure, and limited social progressivity of the subsidies. The work includes a comparison with European cases and proposes recommendations to improve the design and future implementation of electromobility promotion policies, emphasizing administrative simplification, equity in access to subsidies, and improved coordination between levels of government. Overall, a strategy for more equitable, effective, and coherent mobility is proposed, which facilitates the progressive fulfillment of the climate commitments set for 2030 and 2050.
This work analyzes the role of public policies in promoting sustainable mobility in Spain, focusing on Program 42AB (Incentive Plan for the Installation of Charging Points, Acquisition of Electric and Fuel Cell Vehicles, and Innovation in Electromobility, Charging, and Green Hydrogen)(42AB.C01.I02) and the various editions of the MOVES Plan. Framed within the Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan and aligned with the European Green Deal and the National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP). These measures aim to promote the electrification of transportation and the expansion of charging infrastructure. This policy is contextualized within the European and national regulatory frameworks through a theoretical approach. Its technical and budgetary characteristics are described, and its impact is evaluated based on the criteria of efficiency, equity, and effectiveness. The analysis reveals that, although the MOVES Plan has contributed to the increase in electric vehicle registrations, significant structural limitations still persist: territorial inequalities, administrative slowness, low execution of charging infrastructure, and limited social progressivity of the subsidies. The work includes a comparison with European cases and proposes recommendations to improve the design and future implementation of electromobility promotion policies, emphasizing administrative simplification, equity in access to subsidies, and improved coordination between levels of government. Overall, a strategy for more equitable, effective, and coherent mobility is proposed, which facilitates the progressive fulfillment of the climate commitments set for 2030 and 2050.
Direction
NOGUEIRA MOURE, EMILIO (Tutorships)
NOGUEIRA MOURE, EMILIO (Tutorships)
Court
VENCE DEZA, XAVIER (Chairman)
DIOS VICENTE, ADRIAN (Secretary)
LÓPEZ IGLESIAS, EDELMIRO (Member)
VENCE DEZA, XAVIER (Chairman)
DIOS VICENTE, ADRIAN (Secretary)
LÓPEZ IGLESIAS, EDELMIRO (Member)