Adopting Strategic Niche Management to Evaluate EV Demonstration Projects in China

Yixi Xue, Jianxin You, Xingkun Liang and Hu-Chen Liu
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Yixi Xue: School of Management, Shanghai University, 99 Shangda Road, Shanghai 200444, China
Jianxin You: School of Management, Shanghai University, 99 Shangda Road, Shanghai 200444, China
Xingkun Liang: Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0FS, UK
Hu-Chen Liu: School of Management, Shanghai University, 99 Shangda Road, Shanghai 200444, China

Sustainability, 2016, vol. 8, issue 2, 1-20

Abstract: Electric Vehicles (EVs) are considered to be a potential viable technology to address the persistent unsustainable problems in transport sector. In this paper, we focus on analyzing the transition processes of EVs in China because the sustainability of developing countries is essential for the worldwide sustainability. The two-round demonstration programs of EVs in China were analyzed by adopting the strategic niche management (SNM) approach so as to find out what niche protection has been provided and which obstacles hamper the further development of EVs. The results show that the financial subsidy is the most important protective measure. However, the diffusion results of EVs in different pilot cities are greatly different. The main reason lies in the uneven geographical landscape. In addition, some obstacles were exposed during the niche internal processes including low quality of expectations and poor alignment within the network. Based on the analysis results, we develop a list of suggestions that are important to consider when developing EVs.

Keywords: electric vehicles; strategic niche management; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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