30 Aachen Colloquium Sustainable Mobility
Holistic Evaluation of Components & Systems for xEV – Life Cycle Assessment as Decisive Factor in the Innovation and Development Process?
Authors
A. Busse, fka GmbH; D. Thirunavukkarasu, G. Witham, J. Hemsen, S. Spohr, L. Eckstein, ika, RWTH Aachen University
Summary
Vehicle manufactures not only have to comply with current and future CO2 regulation, they also increasingly commit themselves to a holistic optimization of the automotive life cycle with the aim to become carbon-neutral. This is generating a high pressure for innovation on vehicle manufacturers and the upstream supply chain as well as the demand for a transparent reporting of greenhouse gas emissions. To offer innovations that contribute to the decarbonization of vehicle manufacturers, suppliers need to integrate life cycle assessment (LCA) into early innovation and development processes to win supplier awards. The holistic technology assessment approach E2P helps to evaluate technology options already in the concept phase and therefore enables comprehensive technology strategies to comply with the changing decision factors in supplier awards....
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