Standardized Inductive Charging Systems as Driver for Comprehensive Market Deployment of Electric Vehicles - A Conceptual Approach

This thesis is divided into three parts. The first part is focusing on the historical and technical background of electromobility and the increasing importance of a comprehensive market deployment of electric vehicles related sustainability and environmental policy objectives. The first section in this context covers the technology state of the art of electric vehicles, charging systems and related challenges. Furthermore, the policy fields of action with a special focus on funding measures that shall support technical and societal developments towards sustainability in the mobility segment are presented in this context.Within the second part, the STILLE project as representative case for governmentally funded research projects, that are established to foster technological improvements in the field of electromobility, is presented. With the STILLE case, the potentials and challenges of co-operative, cross-industrial technology developments are worked out on the example of inductive charging system standardization. To reduce the complexity and for building project goals supporting framework conditions, the application of the methodological approach of the Institutional Role Model (IRM) is illustrated. The IRM approach is the core element of the accompanying research within the STILLE project. The IRM shall ensure co-operation efficiency and, with the identification of suitable business models and market potentials, the marketability of the STILLE project results.Within the third part, a comprehensive market and stakeholder analysis is conducted. Together with the results of a survey that has been conducted within the project consortium, the findings of the status quo market analysis are verified. Based on the overall investigation’s results, the potentials of inductive charging systems as driver for a comprehensive market deployment of electric vehicles and related challenges are projected. The findings are transferred to recommendation treatments to be considered within the IRM Process development