Exploring the Structure and Modularity of Internal Combustion Engine and Battery Electric Vehicles

How will the technological shift from internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs) to battery electric vehicles (BEVs) change the architecture of the automotive industry? Based on unstructured interviews with engineers at large automobile companies and start-ups, we create design structure matrices to compare the technological structure and modularity of ICEVs and BEVs. Based on these results, we derive hypotheses about the future architecture of the automotive industry focusing on firms involved in the manufacturing of automobiles.