Evolution of the complex nature of electrical vehicles

Artemio Chávez and Arturo Lara

International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management, 2016, vol. 16, issue 4, 389-411

Abstract: As part of the new institutional economics (Ostrom, 1990, 2005) and complex systems (Holland, 2006), we use network theory (Watts, 1999; Clauset et al., 2004) to describe the evolution of electric vehicle technology, which has grown from a relatively disconnected network to a hierarchically connected network in which the technological system is organised into subsystems by a simultaneous process of integration and modularisation (Baldwin and Clark, 1999). Methodologically, we show that analysis of technology classes by network theory is a suitable tool for analysing the evolution of the complex nature of electric vehicles.

Keywords: electric vehicles; vehicle technology; intellectual property rights; IPR; patents; integral design; modular design; vehicle design; institutional economics; complex systems; network theory; complexity evolution. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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