Shah, Kalim U.Awojobi, MohammedSoomauroo, Zakia2022-05-062022-05-062022-02-15Shah, K. U., Awojobi, M., & Soomauroo, Z. (2022). Electric vehicle adoption in small island economies: Review from a technology transition perspective. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment, e00432. https://doi.org/10.1002/wene.4322041-840Xhttps://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/30847This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Shah, K. U., Awojobi, M., & Soomauroo, Z. (2022). Electric vehicle adoption in small island economies: Review from a technology transition perspective. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment, e00432. https://doi.org/10.1002/wene.432, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/wene.432. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited. This article will be embargoed until 02/15/2023.Small Island States present features, such as compact road networks, low commuter distances, and often large tourism service sectors, that could make the adoption of electric vehicles for transportation which is an attractive way to reduce their costly dependence on imported fossil fuel and their greenhouse gas emissions. Through the transition theory lens, we review the national policy measures and broad clean transportation targets that small island countries are implementing to encourage electric mobility deployment. From information compiled for 18 small island countries, we find a growing trend in electric vehicle and infrastructure development incentives among broader clean transportation transformation policies and nationally determined contribution targets; and large country-to-country variations in enabling conditions to smoothen EV transition. Small island countries are not uniform but instead are very dispersed across the transition S-curve. The review, therefore, finds that the mobility transition requires island-specific approaches and solutions that will accentuate critical policy and management elements for fostering transitions.en-USelectric vehiclesenergy securityenergy transitionsmall islandssustainable developmenttransportationArticle