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Exploring the structure of internal combustion engine and battery electric vehicles: implications for the architecture of the automotive industry

Published:2022-11-30 Issue:1 Volume:32 Page:129-154
ISSN:0960-6491
Container-title:Industrial and Corporate Change
language:en
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Author:

Murmann Johann Peter¹^ORCID,Schuler Benedikt Alexander¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Institute of Management and Strategy, University of St.Gallen , Dufourstrasse 40a, St. Gallen 9000, Switzerland . e-mail: j.peter.murmann@unisg.ch

Abstract

Abstract 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 discusss important strategic implications of this finding for incumbent firms and start-ups.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Economics and Econometrics

Link

https://academic.oup.com/icc/article-pdf/32/1/129/49001321/dtac049.pdf

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