Gomez Vilchez, Jonatan  "Exploring the Battery Market for Electric Cars", 2018 August 7 - 2018 August 9

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& THE 36™ INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE SYSTEM DYNAMICS SOCIETY
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REYKJAVIK, ICELAND

Exploring the Battery Market
for Electric Cars

Jonatan Gomez Vilchez, Joint Research
Centre

The views expressed are purely those of the presenter and
may not in any circumstance be regarded as stating an
Official position of the European Commission

& Problem Statement

* Over 3 million electric cars in use
worldwide in 2017 (EVI, 2018)

* Goal: 100 million electric cars globally in
2030 (COP21, 2016)

* Potential supply-side constraints neglected
- Resource scarcity
- Supply chain bottlenecks

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& Progress and Insights to Share
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° Battery market dynamics disruptive

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1996 2006 2016 2026 2036 2046 1996

Tine (Year)
global EVB manufacturing capacity : Cunent with plans

global EVB manufacturing capacity : Cunent with demand =
global EVB manufacturing capacity : Curent
word EVB demand : Curent with demand

Source: own assumptions based on Lebedeva et al. (2016) and
DB (2016)

References

1. COP21 (2016) Paris Declaration on Electro-Mobility and Climate Change
and Call to Action - Electrifying Sustainable Transport, 21st Conference
of the Parties (COP). Available at:

http://newsroom.unfccc.int/lpaa/transport/the-paris-declaration-on-elect
ro-mobility-and-climate-change-and-call-to-action

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2. DB (2016) EV battery makers. Market research. Deutsche Bank (DB)
3. EVI (2018) Global EV Outlook 2017. Electric Vehicles Initiative (EVI)

4. Lebedeva, N., Di Persio, F., Brett, L. (2016) Lithium ion battery value
chain and related opportunities for Europe. Publications Office of the
European Union

| thank Sebastiaan Deuten for his Causal Loop Diagram on slide #3.

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Description:
Electric vehicles offer the possibility to decarbonize road transport and their market uptake is expected to continue over the next years. This paper describes a modeling exercise that comprises the soft-linkage of three system dynamics models, with the aim of exploring the battery market for electric cars. In particular, potential global supply-side limits such as battery material scarcity and manufacturing bottlenecks are investigated, with a focus on the European market. The results point out that, contrary to more optimistic projections, these constraints might jeopardize the market penetration of electric powertrains. Research is needed to integrate these models and further account for feedback processes.
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