Transition failure: Understanding continuity in the automotive industry

Wells, Peter Erskine; Nieuwenhuis, Paul Andre Henri Francois

doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2012.06.008

Cited by 154 publications

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“…The global automotive industry has welcomed funds for research, but has consistently fought all too strict regulations on emissions and efficiency, especially those which are explicitly technology specific (Wesseling et al 2014;Wells and Nieuwenhuis 2012 …”

Section: Width Of Protectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Learning to shield – Policy learning in socio-technical transitions

Boon

Bakker

2016

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

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The dynamics of protection in the context of socio-technical niches have remained underresearched. In this paper we conceptualise the process of policy learning in the context of transitions. We show that a variety of actors inside and outside a technological niche have to learn about the implications and effects of regulations aimed at protection of niches. We analyse this process of policy learning in two cases: high-need drugs and electric vehicles. We conclude that both regulators and the regulated need to learn about the width and depth of protection measures, their duration, the specific set of tools used, and their legitimisation. A crucial issue of implementing protective regulation is the question on what level of aggregation protection measures need to be applied. Learning is often part of the negotiation process between the protector and the protected, but in many cases learning only takes place after policies have been implemented.

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Section: Width Of Protectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Learning to shield – Policy learning in socio-technical transitions

Boon

Bakker

2016

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

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“…Over the past 15 years, car manufacturers have become increasingly active in commercializing low and zero emission vehicles, trying to gain a competitive advantage in this field (Wesseling et al, 2013;Pohl and Yarime, 2012;Wells and Nieuwenhuis, 2012). Literature indicates that firms also engage in CPAs to gain competitive advantage (Lux et al, 2011;Mathur and Singh, 2011;Lawton et al, 2013;Hillman et al, 2004).…”

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Car manufacturers’ changing political strategies on the ZEV mandate

Wesseling

Farla

Sperling

et al. 2014

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

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“…It furthermore faces more immediate problems such as road congestion and competition for public space. Despite a plethora of interventions and the latest detachment of the young generation from traditional cultures of automobility (Engels & Liu, 2011), the prevailing automotive industry and the wider system of mobility appear impervious to radical change (Geels & Kemp, 2012;Steinhilber, Wells, & Thankappan, 2013;Wells & Nieuwenhuis, 2012). Indeed automobility has been expanding rapidly on a global basis -in part because cars are more than just 'transport' but also symbolic signifiers of wealth and freedom (Sperling & Gordon, 2009).…”

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confidence: 99%