Background – The demand for green technology is essential and serves as a solution to the issue of climate change. Consequently, countries worldwide are transitioning towards electric vehicles (EVs) and implementing appealing EV policies to encourage consumers and to boost industrial adoption.

Aim – This systematic review attempts to figure out manuscripts that have systematically reviewed methodology, policies, and variables investigated during the past 24 years to determine the effectiveness of a policy. Despite the presence of multiple studies concerning specific subjects, a complete analysis of the EV policy and methodologies with the academic achievement has not yet been accomplished. To fill this vacuum, this study analyses 710 publications on EV policy that were published in SCOPUS between the years 2000 and 2024.

Methods –This article is the outcome of systematic literature review (SLR) and thorough bibliometric analysis. The study includes the aspects related to EV policy and identified publications used for bibliometric analysis and SLR. R (Biblioshiny), VOS Viewer and Excel software are utilized as tools for content and network analysis.

Outcome and results - This study identified a limited number of methodologies applicable for the ex-ante or ex-post evaluation of policy implementation, especially. Policymakers and researchers need a variety of evaluation methods. This area will address many future research recommendations.

Implications - Proposes opportunities for future study, including methodologies that assess the effectiveness of EV policies as well as those that specifically examine individual policies with variety of incentives offered by the government over the period