Exploring the structure of internal combustion engine and battery electric vehicles: implications for the architecture of the automotive industry
Journal
Industrial and Corporate Change
ISSN
0960-6491
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2023-02-01
Author(s)
Abstract (De)
How will the technological shift from internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs) to battery electric vehicles
(BEVs) change the architecture of the automotive industry? To explore this question, we systematically compare the technological structure of ICEVs and BEVs using data from large incumbent automobile companies
and start-ups. While our analysis based on technical descriptions and design structure matrices suggests that
the power train of BEVs is structurally simpler compared to the power train of ICEVs, BEVs are slightly less
modular than ICEVs. We discuss important strategic implications of this finding for incumbent firms and
start-ups
(BEVs) change the architecture of the automotive industry? To explore this question, we systematically compare the technological structure of ICEVs and BEVs using data from large incumbent automobile companies
and start-ups. While our analysis based on technical descriptions and design structure matrices suggests that
the power train of BEVs is structurally simpler compared to the power train of ICEVs, BEVs are slightly less
modular than ICEVs. We discuss important strategic implications of this finding for incumbent firms and
start-ups
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
No
Publisher
Oxford Academic, Industrial and Corporate Change Association
Volume
32
Number
1
Start page
129
End page
154
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
268352
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