Adopting Strategic Niche Management to Evaluate EV Demonstration Projects in China

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 world...

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Published in:Sustainability 2016-02, Vol.8 (2), p.142-142
Main Authors: Xue, Yixi, You, Jianxin, Liang, Xingkun, Liu, Hu-Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
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Developing countries
Electric vehicles
Emissions
LDCs
Sustainability
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Summary: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.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su8020142