Optimising quantity of manufacturing and remanufacturing in an electric vehicle battery closed-loop supply chain

• Published in: Industrial management + data systems Vol. 118; no. 1; pp. 283 - 302
• Main Authors: Gu, Xiaoyu, Ieromonachou, Petros, Zhou, Li, Tseng, Ming-Lang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wembley Emerald Publishing Limited 01.01.2018; Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• Subjects: Alternative energy sources; Batteries; Electric vehicles; Electricity distribution; Energy storage; Incentives; Manufacturers; Manufacturing; Natural resources; OEM; Operations management; Optimization; Prices; Profitability; Profits; Raw materials; Rechargeable batteries; Recycled materials; Recycling; Remanufacturing; Studies; Supply chains; United Kingdom > UK; Electric vehicle battery; Profit; Purchasing price; Closed-loop supply chain; Recycle; Reuse

Purpose Batteries installed on electric vehicles (EVs) should normally be removed when their capacity falls to 70-80 per cent, but they are still usable for other purposes, such as energy storage. This paper studies an EV battery closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) consisting of a battery manufacturer a...