Transforming Value Chains for Sustainability

Kai-Ingo Voigt (), Lothar Czaja and Oliver Zipse
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Kai-Ingo Voigt: FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
Lothar Czaja: FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
Oliver Zipse: BMW AG

Chapter 6 in Road to Net Zero, 2023, pp 159-186 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Achieving the Paris goal of limiting global warming to well below 2 °C requires radical decarbonization of our economy, including a shift to renewable energy. In the automotive sector, electromobility offers a promising option for making this transition. However, while electric vehicles (EVs) have lower emissions during their use phase, a significant part of the carbon footprint is shifted upstream in the value chain to raw material extraction and battery production. Against this background, this chapter provides an in-depth look at how the automotive industry’s transition to electromobility leads to far-reaching implications for the EV battery value chain. The chapter begins with a brief review of resource scarcity as a relevant strategic background for the circular economy. It continues with the different steps of the linear EV battery value chain. The chapter then uses a circularity perspective to discuss the technology and value chain steps for closing the loop in the EV battery life cycle. It concludes with an outlook on the challenges of circular EV battery value chains.

Keywords: EV battery; Resource scarcity; Battery recycling; Circular value chain; Linear value chain; Reverse logistics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-42224-9_6

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