MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DECARBONIZATION
16.01.2024 16:35
[2. Экономические науки]
Автор: S. Kharin, Doctor of Engineering, Professor, Dnipro University of Technology, Dnipro
At the end of autumn 2021, the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) was held in Glasgow. At the conference, important decisions were made to reduce the harmful impact of the global economy on the planet's climate. As a result of this conference, it was noted that greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere are very high and measures to reduce them are clearly insufficient to stop the destruction of the planet’s climate. It was also pointed out that it is necessary to strengthen support from the international community for those countries that are susceptible to the most negative impacts of climate change; it was noted that such support is currently insufficient. In the period since COP26, little progress has been made towards limiting the increase in the temperature of the planet's atmosphere to 1.5 °C. This was written, in particular, in the “State of Climate Action 2023” report published at the end of 2023 [1]. Published under Systems Change Lab, this report is a joint effort of the Bezos Earth Fund, Climate Action Tracker (a project of Climate Analytics and NewClimate Institute), ClimateWorks Foundation, the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions and World Resources Institute [2].
The State of Climate Action report noted that sales of electric vehicles have more than tripled since 2020, and they are the only indicator of 42 indicators that must be met to achieve climate solutions. The remaining indicators were not achieved. Many indicators are far from being met.
Road transport plays an important role in the modern economy. Transportation by car is one of the most widespread transportations of passengers and cargo. Such transportation is flexible in terms of the choice of start and end times and routes, which is impossible to implement to such an extent, for example, in the case of rail transport. Cars allow you to transport passengers and cargo at high speed. The logistics advantages of road transport are also expressed in the fact that the loading and unloading of goods is greatly simplified, and the time of such operations is greatly accelerated.
A serious disadvantage of road transport is its significant contribution to the pollution of the planet’s atmosphere with harmful gases. This problem can be solved by switching to using electric vehicles instead of cars with internal combustion engines. Electric vehicles can be passenger and cargo, and even have a fairly large load capacity. The use of electric vehicles will provide many of the important benefits of road transport while achieving climate neutrality.
The development of electric vehicles in the world is most evident in countries such as China, the USA, Germany, other European countries, and South Korea. Electric cars are starting to be produced in countries where traditional cars were not previously common. Many countries are committed to using electric vehicles but are not currently producing them. Electric cars are produced both by companies that traditionally produced cars, and by companies that have never produced such products. This is an important feature of the modern world economy.
The production of electric vehicles needs to be increased so that they gradually replace cars with internal combustion engines. The objectives of innovative management in this direction are the development and efficient production of high-capacity batteries and high-power chargers that allow you to quickly charge electric vehicle batteries. Measures to reduce the cost of electric vehicles and the development of electric mobility infrastructure are also necessary. Electric vehicles will solve the transport problem and provide an important contribution to the decarbonization of the global economy.
Comprehensive measures towards decarbonization management may include the following:
- coordinated adoption of an international program for decarbonization of the economy and its strict compliance;
- the fastest possible introduction of electric vehicles instead of traditional cars;
- development of wind power, solar power plants;
- use of nuclear energy and small modular reactors;
- reducing the energy intensity of the gross domestic product of the world at an accelerated pace;
- increasing investment in innovative projects in the field of development of electric vehicles.
Electric vehicles play a leading role in comprehensive measures to decarbonize the global economy.
References:
1. State of Climate Action 2023. The Climate Action Tracker (2023). Retrieved from https://climateactiontracker.org/publications/state-of-climate-action-2023/.
2. State of Climate Action 2023. World Resources Institute (2023). Retrieved from https://https://www.wri.org/research/state-climate-action-2023#:~:text=The%20State%20of%20Climate%20Action,warming%20to%201.5°C.