Spontaneous emergence versus technology management in sustainable mobility transitions: Electric bicycles in China |
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| Affiliation: | 1. MOE Artelia Group, Buddingevej 272, 2860 Søborg, Denmark;2. Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Technical University of Denmark, DTU, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark;1. Technische Universität Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany;2. German Insurers Accident Research (UDV), Berlin, Germany;1. College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China;2. Griffith School of Engineering, Griffith University, Gold Coast 4222, Australia;3. Zhejiang Police College, Hangzhou 310053, China;4. College of Transportation, Jilin University, Changchun 130022, China;1. Institute of Cartography and Geoinformation, ETH Zurich, Stefano-Franscini-Platz 5, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland;2. Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zurich, John-von-Neumann-Weg 9, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland;1. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 311 JD Tickle Bldg., Knoxville, TN 37996-2313, United States;2. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 324 JD Tickle Bldg., Knoxville, TN 37996-2313, United States;3. National United Engineering Laboratory of Integrated and Intelligent Transportation, School of Transportation and Logistics, Southwest Jiaotong University, Office 01117, No. 111, First Section, North of Second Ring Road, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, PR China;4. Marketing and Economics, Valdosta State University, 111 Pound Hall, Valdosta, GA 31698, United States |
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| Abstract: | This paper describes and seeks to understand the scale of the electric bicycle (electric two-wheeler) market in China, and to begin to explain its emergence with a view to outlining the prospects for learning from this case for applications in other countries around the world. Drawing on secondary data from Chinese government sources, electric bicycle industry websites, Chinese media sites and other sources, this exploratory paper positions the development of the electric bicycle market as occurring largely in the absence of positive policy intervention – in stark contrast to the nurturing afforded the electric car sector world-wide. The paper develops a multi-scalar perspective of transitions theory in an institutional setting, with examples drawn from Beijing and Fuzhou, to explain the processes of change outside of the traditional reference context of technology policy and management. It is concluded that transitions theory has a greater flexibility and adaptability as an explanatory framework than previously shown, but empirically the electric two-wheeler is a weakly-embedded alternative to mainstream automobility. |
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| Keywords: | Electric bicycles China Beijing Socio-technical change Transport policy New energy vehicles |
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