Impact of New Energy Vehicle Market Scale Expansion on Urban Green Development——Evidence Based on Panel Data of Cities in China

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Based on the panel data of 299 cities in China from 2008 to 2024, this paper constructs a regression model to explore the impact of new energy vehicle market size on the level of urban green development and its mechanism. It is found that the expansion of the market scale of new energy vehicles can significantly promote the level of urban green development, and in this process, urban population density has a significant positive moderating effect. In terms of the mechanism of action, the expansion of the market size of new energy vehicles has improved the level of green development of cities by promoting the upgrading of new energy technology, changing the energy structure of cities and optimizing the structure of upstream and downstream industries. Accordingly, this paper puts forward policy suggestions about urban green development from the perspective of new energy vehicle market scale expansion. Classification code: JEL: R11 urban green development new energy vehicle market energy structure new energy technology industrial upgrade Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. 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