Jonathan Xavier Weinert 2008

Use of electric two-wheeled vehicles (E2Ws) is growing rapidly in China. It marks the most successful case of electric-drive vehicle adoption in the world. If this trend continues, it may have a large impact on the development of batteries and electric vehicle applications. To understand the likelihood of this trend continuing into the future, we examine the forces driving and resisting a shift to E2Ws currently underway in China’s two-wheeler market using the technique of force-field analysis. Through this examination, we reveal the root causes behind these forces and important insights about the likelihood of a potential shift to electric vehicles.

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