Discover Sustainability,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
5(1)
Published: Oct. 28, 2024
This
study
investigates
challenges
and
solutions
for
India's
battery
supply
chain
in
the
growing
electric
vehicle
(EV)
market.
Key
obstacles
include
raw
material
dependency,
complexity,
production
costs,
environmental
impacts,
rapid
technological
changes,
skilled
workforce
shortages.
Methods
involve
reviewing
current
chains,
evaluating
government
policies
like
FAME
PLI
schemes,
analyzing
strategic
partnerships
with
countries
rich
lithium,
cobalt,
nickel.
Results
show
heavy
reliance
on
imports
exposes
India
to
geopolitical
risks
price
volatility,
while
a
fragmented
hinders
coordination
quality
control.
Establishing
gigafactories
is
crucial
but
requires
substantial
investment.
The
recommends
enhancing
domestic
production,
securing
materials
through
exploration
international
partnerships,
investing
R&D
advanced
technologies
alternative
chemistries,
developing
specialized
training.
Implementing
these
strategies
will
ensure
robust
sustainable
chain,
supporting
EV
market
growth
positioning
as
leader
mobility.
Further
research
should
focus
long-term
impacts
economic
implications
of
localized
chain.
Energy Ecology and Environment,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 6, 2025
Abstract
The
urgent
need
for
a
net-zero
future
necessitates
fundamental
shift
in
the
energy
sector,
with
road
transportation
responsible
substantial
37%
of
global
energy-related
CO
2
emissions
2021,
emerging
as
pivotal
focal
point
battle
against
climate
change.
Energy
consumption
sector
is
expected
to
surge
by
1.26%
1%
growth
urbanization,
concentrated
mainly
Asia
and
Africa
mid-2030s.
Therefore,
addressing
from
industry
paramount.
Electric
vehicles
(EVs),
coupled
transition
renewable
energy,
offer
sustainable
solution,
yet
their
market
share
remains
at
modest
10%
globally
Asia.
With
numerous
nations
committed
achieving
emissions,
EV
adoption
on
rise,
particularly
developing
regions
high
urbanization
Greenhouse
Gas
(GHG)
emissions.
Governments
worldwide
have
initiated
policies
that
provide
incentives
promote
EVs,
but
challenges
like
patent
declines
battery
disposal
concerns
persist.
In
this
paper,
we
make
an
integrative
critical
review
existing
literature,
conduct
SWOT
analysis
address
crucial
factors
influencing
adoption,
thereby
contributing
goal
more
transportation.
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
11(1)
Published: Dec. 3, 2024
New
energy
vehicles
(NEVs)
are
crucial
in
addressing
environmental
pollution
and
shortages.
Their
widespread
adoption
has
been
hindered
by
challenges
such
as
inadequate
infrastructure
limited
market
competitiveness.
To
promote
the
development
of
NEV,
local
governments
China
have
implemented
various
policies.
However,
resource
constraints
within
regions
created
inherent
conflicts
among
policy
objectives,
while
regional
disparities
emerged
due
to
differences
status
characteristics.
This
study
aims
model
complex
competitive
cooperative
mechanisms
different
NEV
objectives
compare
their
variations
across
three
key
regions:
Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei
(BTH),
Guangdong-Guangxi-Fujian
(GGF),
Yangtze-River-Delta
(YRD).
Firstly,
topic
Latent
Dirichlet
Allocation
is
applied
on
857
policies
from
2010
2021,
identifying
six
core
namely
production
technology,
infrastructure,
financial
support,
demonstration,
industrial
management
protection.
Then,
Lotka-Volterra
employed
examine
mechanism
these
objectives.
Key
findings
are:
(1)
prevail
all
regions;
(2)
regulation
exhibit
a
comparative
advantage
BTH
region,
implementation
dominate
GGF
region
promotion
YRD
region;
(3)
cooperation
primarily
observed
whereas
competition
plays
more
dominant
role
other
regions.
fills
previous
research
gap
provides
insights
for
researchers
policymakers,
highlighting
customized
strategies
that
consider
unique
characteristics
requirements
each
region.
