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The electric vehicle landscape in China: between institutional and market forces

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  • Bo Chen
  • Christophe Midler

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The electric vehicle market in China, both state-pushed and consumer-pulled, faces many challenges despite strong governmental support. On the one hand, both academic literature and official reports lack model-based sales data of passenger plug-in electric vehicles, a prerequisite to understanding dynamics between regulation, industry and market. On the other hand, a vast but unofficial micro electric vehicle market is fast growing in China's low tier cities. This research intends to provide the literature with a comprehensive yearly sales dataset by models of the Chinese passenger plug-in electric vehicle market from 2009 to the first quarter of 2015. We build a typology of the market by analysing product characteristics, usages and deployment territories and synthesise results in a unique landscape. Finally, our deeper understanding of electric mobility levers in China allows us to formulate industry and regulatory implications.

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  • Bo Chen & Christophe Midler, 2016. "The electric vehicle landscape in China: between institutional and market forces," International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 16(3), pages 248-273.
  • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijatma:v:16:y:2016:i:3:p:248-273
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    Cited by:

    1. Bo Chen & Christophe Midler & Joël Ruet, 2019. "The development of electric vehicles in China: Market facts and regulatory trends," Post-Print hal-03085772, HAL.
    2. Bo Chen & Christophe Midler & Joël Ruet, 2018. "Le développement du véhicule électrique en Chine : réalités du marché et dynamiques réglementaires," Post-Print hal-03085769, HAL.

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