• DocumentCode
    3408297
  • Title

    Electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers´ challenge: R&D strategy of battery safety units seen in WIPO data

  • Author

    Nakai, Yoko

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Innovation Manage., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Tokyo, Japan
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    8-9 July 2013
  • Firstpage
    53
  • Lastpage
    55
  • Abstract
    Electric vehicle (EV) is regarded as one of the most practical and effective solution for air pollution. Besides higher price and shorter cruising range, battery safety is key obstacle for its market expansion. In this thesis, analysis of corporate strategy of companies from three Asian nations by using WIPO data to show several companies will face safety restriction and have limit in procuring safe batteries.
  • Keywords
    air pollution; cells (electric); electric vehicles; marketing; safety; R&D strategy; WIPO data; air pollution; battery safety units; corporate strategy; electric vehicle manufacturers; market expansion; safe batteries; safety restriction; Automobiles; Batteries; Companies; Industries; Patents; Safety; BYD; Electric Vehicle (EV); patent;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Innovation Conference (SIIC), 2013 Suzhou-Silicon Valley-Beijing International
  • Conference_Location
    Suzhou
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-0338-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SIIC.2013.6624165
  • Filename
    6624165