Contested visions and sociotechnical expectations of electric mobility and vehicle-to-grid innovation in five Nordic countries

Sovacool, Benjamin K.; Noel, Lance; Rubens, Gerardo Zarazua de

doi:10.1016/j.eist.2018.11.006

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“…Two examples of this phenomenon are General Motors' commitment to developing twenty new electric car and truck models by 2023 (Ashbrook 2017) and Volvo's pledge to shift all of their models to electric-driven vehicles (including hybrids) by 2019 (Vaughan 2017). This vision is also prevalent in the Nordic countries, where Sovacool et al (2019) have identified the vision of a rapidly electrified society as the most commonly shared in interviews with over 200 experts.…”

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“…Additionally, incoherence can also exist within sociotechnical imaginaries, where different visions are linked to the same technology. In a study of Nordic transport experts, Sovacool et al (2019) find the coexistence of eight different visions surrounding electric vehicles. Meanwhile, in a study of Finnish politicians Karhunmaa (2018) finds that while actors agree on an imaginary of achieving carbon neutrality they do not agree on how this outcome should be reached.…”

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Multiple Imaginaries of the Fossil Fuel Free Future : Biogas and Electricity in Swedish Urban Transport

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Linköping Studies in Arts and Sciences

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Linköping Studies in Arts and Sciences No. 782 At the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Linköping University, research and doctoral studies are carried out within broad problem areas. Research is organized in interdisciplinary research environments and doctoral studies mainly in graduate schools. Jointly, they publish the series Linköping Studies in Arts and Sciences. This thesis comes from the Department of Thematic Studies-Technology and Social Change.

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Multiple Imaginaries of the Fossil Fuel Free Future : Biogas and Electricity in Swedish Urban Transport

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2020

Linköping Studies in Arts and Sciences

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“…If the manufacturer produces NEVs, the carbon emission of the vehicles will be reduced, but the financial performance is likely to be not optimistic (Juan, 2011). In the survey on low-carbon transportation, electric vehicle expectation and prospect (Sovacoola et al, 2019), many experts pointed out that the R&D of NEVs will lead to greater financial difficulties and even bankruptcy due to insolvency. Therefore, without the government's incentive or mandatory policies, developing NEV industry may face greater difficulties (Li, 2020).…”

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A study on evaluation and influencing factors of carbon emission performance in China’s new energy vehicle enterprises

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2021

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Vehicle industry has made great contribution to human progress. However, in the process of vehicle operation, a large number of carbon compounds are emitted, which brings serious environmental problems. As one of the important means of vehicle carbon emission governance, the development of new energy vehicles(NEVs) has attracted much attention. The behavior and performance of NEV enterprises are highly concerned. Using Chinese 23 NEV vehicle enterprises' data from 2011 to 2018, this paper evaluates the carbon emission performance with the super-efficiency slacks-based measure (SE-SBM) model based on unexpected output, and then constructs STIRPAT model to analyze the influencing factors of carbon emission performance.The results indicate that, firstly, the carbon emission performance of China's NEV enterprises is not ideal at present, but it is increasing year by year. Secondly, the carbon emission performance of different NEV enterprise is distinct in the same year, and the carbon emission performance of the same NEV enterprise is distinct in different year. Thirdly, technological innovation, government support and free cash flow have significant positive impact on the carbon emission performance of NEV enterprises, while debt constraint, energy intensity and enterprise size have a significant negative impact on the carbon emission performance of NEV enterprises.

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“…This expectation of sustainability, however, is not totally straightforward as increased electrification of vehicles may increase national electricity demand and require imports from other parts of Europe that rely heavily on coal for electricity generation, thus exporting the pollution from one country to the next. Furthermore, the increased size and usage of batteries has also called into question the impact of extraction of rare earth metals to power electric vehicles [21]. Biogas, in contrast, also has a sustainability profile that is determined by the substrates used for its production.…”

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Obduracy and Change in Urban Transport—Understanding Competition Between Sustainable Fuels in Swedish Municipalities

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2019

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Within the renewable transport transition, a number of alternative technologies have emerged creating competing visions of how to reduce fossil fuel dependence. This paper examines the dynamics of competing fuels in two Swedish municipalities where electric buses have emerged, threatening incumbent biogas-based bus systems. While in Linköping, actors are resistant to the promise of electrification, in Malmö the shift to electrify urban buses has already begun. Here, the theoretical perspectives of obduracy and sociotechnical imaginaries are used to analyze obduracy and change in Linköping and Malmö, showing how the local contexts of these two municipalities influence obduracy or willingness to change. In Linköping, perceived connections between the biogas-based bus system and local infrastructures of renewable waste management and organic food production cause actors to place biogas buses at the center of a sustainable future region, while in Malmö linkages to the gas network (which also distributes natural gas) cause actors to question the sustainability of the fuel in use and opens up the city to welcome new electric vehicle tests. These examples show how fuel alternatives interact with each other in the wider renewable energy transition.

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Contested visions and sociotechnical expectations of electric mobility and vehicle-to-grid innovation in five Nordic countries

Cited by 45 publications

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Multiple Imaginaries of the Fossil Fuel Free Future : Biogas and Electricity in Swedish Urban Transport

Multiple Imaginaries of the Fossil Fuel Free Future : Biogas and Electricity in Swedish Urban Transport

A study on evaluation and influencing factors of carbon emission performance in China’s new energy vehicle enterprises

Obduracy and Change in Urban Transport—Understanding Competition Between Sustainable Fuels in Swedish Municipalities

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