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A socio-technical perspective on the electrification of the automobile: niche and regime interaction

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  • Marc Dijk

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This paper offers a socio-technical perspective on how the introduction of various alternatives to the internal combustion engine, especially the full-electric vehicle, influences the established propulsion technology (ICE). This perspective helps to move beyond the well-known incremental vs. radical innovation dichotomy - usually referring to product innovation- and maps out the socio-technical dimension of market evolution. We offer a conceptual contribution by proposing a hypothesis for how a disruptive innovation, depicted as socio-technical niche, interacts with the established technology, the socio-technical regime (i.e., what it will do to the regime). We offer a preliminary discussion of this niche interaction hypothesis for the current momentum of the full-electric vehicle. We find various types of niche interactions between alternative engine technologies over the last 20 years, some competitive and some symbiotic in character, in the context of a significant 'sailing ship effect' around internal combustion technology.

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  • Marc Dijk, 2014. "A socio-technical perspective on the electrification of the automobile: niche and regime interaction," International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 14(2), pages 158-171.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijatma:v:14:y:2014:i:2:p:158-171
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    1. Mirzadeh Phirouzabadi, Amir & Savage, David & Blackmore, Karen & Juniper, James, 2020. "The evolution of dynamic interactions between the knowledge development of powertrain systems," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 93(C), pages 1-16.
    2. Mirzadeh Phirouzabadi, Amir & Blackmore, Karen & Savage, David & Juniper, James, 2022. "Modelling and simulating a multi-modal and multi-dimensional technology interaction framework: The case of vehicle powertrain technologies in the US market," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 175(C).
    3. Liqiao Wang & Peter Wells, 2021. "Regime Confluence in Automobile Industry Transformation: Boundary Dissolution and Network Reintegration via CASE Vehicles," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(4), pages 1-18, February.
    4. Hidetada Higashi, 2017. "Does " Driving Range " really matter?," Working Papers hal-01670912, HAL.

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