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Range satisfaction and "refueling" of battery electric vehicles (EVs) have become a major challenge hampering consumer acceptance. Battery Swap Technology (BST) is a trusted option in mitigating these obstacles. Available studies are yet to explore the psychological determinants of consumers' BST adoption intention. In addressing this gap, this study used a framework encompassing the technology acceptance model (TAM), theory of planned behavior (TPB), perceived risk, and knowledge in investigating consumers' adoption intention of BST using structural equation modeling. With responses from Chinese consumers in the Jiangsu province (n = 405), the results revealed that the structural model had a better fit and explanatory power (R2 = 0.58). Perceived usefulness, attitude, subjective norm, and knowledge positively influenced adoption intention towards battery swap technology. Perceived risk was negatively linked to attitude, perceived usefulness, and adoption intention, whiles perceived behavior control (PBC) was insignificant towards BST adoption intention. Also, knowledge fully mediated PBC and adoption intention. The findings confirmed that consumers' adoption intention differed by gender, family size, and residency type. The study provides meaningful policy implications to stakeholders to enhance adoption and enriches the understanding of consumers' adoption intentions in the context of battery swap technology. • Chinese' residents adoption intention of battery swap technology was investigated • Assessed the explanatory power of TPB, TAM, and structural model • Key constructs influencing BST adoption intention were assessed • Mediating effects of knowledge was investigated • ANOVA analysis of respondents was explored [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The staggering rise in global temperature and abrupt change of climate are the responses of nature alerting humanity to limit the emissions of hazardous gases and adopt environmentally-benign life style. The present study explores empirically whether any changes in environmental policy stringency (EPSI), political risk (PR), and the interaction term of EPSI*PR result in any alteration of consumption-based carbon emissions (CBCE) of the 24 advanced OECD economies over the period of 1990–2020. Prior to the empirical estimations, various diagnostic tests are employed. The empirical techniques include, panel cointegration check, Cross-sectional Augmented Autoregressive Distributed Lags (CS-ARDL), and Dumitrescu & Hurlin panel causality test. The findings confirm that imports, gross domestic product, and stringency of environment policies activate CBCE in short-run. Whereas, a unit improvement in political risk and its interaction with environmental policy stringency give rise to 0.231 MtCO 2 of CBCE in long run. Interestingly, the squared term of environmental policy stringency effectively tackles such emissions. Based on the findings, we conclude that the present environment related policies of OECD member states does not effectively limit CBCE. In order to achieve genuine emissions reduction goals, the selected nations should restructure their environment related policies by prioritizing increments in environmental policy stringency along with minimizing the risks involved in the political system. • The present environmental policies of OECD nations are not targeting consumption-based emissions. • The Lower the political risk, the minor the consumption-based carbon emissions. • Lower political risk along with efficient environmental policies curb such emissions. • Interestingly, augmenting the current environmental policies tackles the emissions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]