Can a power battery supplier cooperate with a new energy vehicle manufacturer?

Considering the supply chain composed of a power battery supplier and a new energy vehicle manufacturer, under the carbon cap-and-trade policy, this paper studies the different cooperation modes between the manufacturer and the supplier as well as their strategies for green technology and power battery production.

How do manufacturers and suppliers cooperate in power batteries?

According to the different ways of cooperation between manufacturers and suppliers about power batteries, we constructed the game models under three strategies: wholesale purchase, patent-licensed manufacturing, and self-research + wholesale purchase, and solved them by applying Stackelberg’s game theory and the asymmetric Nash game theory.

Are Power Battery R&D and cooperation strategies under carbon cap & trade policy?

Therefore, this paper will try to explore the power battery R&D and cooperation strategies of new energy vehicle manufacturers under the government’s carbon cap and trade policy, considering the three strategies of wholesale purchase, patent-licensed manufacturing, and self-research + wholesale purchase, respectively.

What is a power battery production strategy?

With the implementation of carbon cap-and-trade policies and the developing consumer demand for low-carbon products, the supplier and the manufacturer innovate and cooperate on the production of power batteries for new energy vehicle production. The manufacturer is the leader and decides the production strategy of the power battery.

What are the applications of a power battery?

In particular, when the remaining capacity of a power battery is between 60% and 80% of its original capacity, it can find applications in fields such as energy storage, communication base stations, power conditioning, and low-speed EVs following disassembly and reorganization (Zhang et al., 2022).

How a battery production strategy affects a manufacturer's profit?

According to Table 4, if , the manufacturer’s profit under the patent license manufacturing strategy is the lowest; the profits under the wholesale purchase strategy and the R&D + wholesale purchasing strategy are also affected by the production cost of the battery.