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End of Life Electric Vehicle Battery Policy Simulator: A Dynamic Systems, Mixed-methods Approach

项目名称：	End of Life Electric Vehicle Battery Policy Simulator: A Dynamic Systems, Mixed-methods Approach
摘要：	The rapid growth of electric vehicles (EVs) powered by lithium ion batteries (LIBs) is a key mechanism for achieving environmental targets for greenhouse gas and air pollution mitigation in the transport sector. Yet, the potential impacts of producing and disposing of these batteries and the risks of resource constraints affecting the availability of materials required for their production has started to focus attention on the need for advancing policy, infrastructure, and technology required for robust and environmentally preferable LIB end-of-life management. Given the weak economics and an uncertain future regulatory environment for LIB reuse and recycling, swift policy intervention is required for sustainable and safe end-of-life treatment of LIBs. This research proposes to develop a dynamic systems model that integrates the economic, environmental and social factors that shape the reverse logistics process and the economics of reuse and recycling to develop robust policies for LIB end-of-life management. The model will consider reuse and recycling in the context of rapidly growing in-use stocks that include a diverse set of battery chemistries and architectures, will characterize environmental impacts and costs using life cycle methods, and will employ a mixed methods research approach incorporating qualitative research on stakeholders in the vehicle afterlife ecosystem.
状态：	Programmed
资金：	254182
资助组织：	National Center for Sustainable Transportation<==>Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
项目负责人：	Iacobucci, Lauren
执行机构：	National Center for Sustainable Transportation<==>University of California, Davis
开始时间：	20201001
预计完成日期：	20220930
主题领域：	Energy；Environment；Highways；Vehicles and Equipment