Lifecycle eco-design potential of battery electric vehicles considering environmental and economic functions

IF 10.9 1区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL

Resources Conservation and Recycling Pub Date : 2025-08-19 DOI:10.1016/j.resconrec.2025.108546

Tong Liu, Yifan Gu, Guangwen Hu, Yufeng Wu, Qingbin Yuan, Huijing Hu, Tieyong Zuo

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The transition of the automotive industry to electrification makes the eco-design potential of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) a critical focus. Using a framework integrating life cycle assessment, life cycle costing, and data envelopment analysis, we conducted module-oriented eco-design across diverse BEV types and analyzed its potential for the BEV industry. The results revealed significant differences in abiotic depletion potential and eutrophication among BEVs powered by different battery types. The average eco-efficiency of the vehicle body module was approximately 47 % and 16 % higher than that of the power battery and vehicle usage modules, respectively, indicating that the latter two modules had greater potential for eco-design. The pathway sensitivity of economic cost to environmental impact varied significantly across materials and lifecycle stages. Module-oriented eco-design showed positive effects of 10 %-25 % on BEVs and 15 % on the industry, respectively, and eco-designed BEVs exhibited superior environmental and economic performance compared with internal combustion engine vehicles.

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考虑环境和经济功能的纯电动汽车生命周期生态设计潜力

汽车工业向电气化的过渡使得纯电动汽车（bev）的生态设计潜力成为一个关键焦点。采用生命周期评估、生命周期成本和数据包络分析相结合的框架，我们对不同类型的纯电动汽车进行了面向模块的生态设计，并分析了其在纯电动汽车行业的潜力。结果表明，不同电池类型的纯电动汽车在非生物耗竭潜能和富营养化方面存在显著差异。车身模块的平均生态效率分别比动力电池模块和车辆使用模块高约47%和16%，表明后两个模块具有更大的生态设计潜力。经济成本对环境影响的路径敏感性在材料和生命周期阶段之间存在显著差异。以模块为导向的生态设计对纯电动汽车的积极影响为10% - 25%，对工业的积极影响为15%，与内燃机汽车相比，生态设计的纯电动汽车具有更好的环境和经济性能。

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Resources Conservation and Recycling 环境科学-工程：环境

CiteScore

22.90

自引率

6.10%

发文量

625

审稿时长

23 days

期刊介绍： The journal Resources, Conservation & Recycling welcomes contributions from research, which consider sustainable management and conservation of resources. The journal prioritizes understanding the transformation processes crucial for transitioning toward more sustainable production and consumption systems. It highlights technological, economic, institutional, and policy aspects related to specific resource management practices such as conservation, recycling, and resource substitution, as well as broader strategies like improving resource productivity and restructuring production and consumption patterns. Contributions may address regional, national, or international scales and can range from individual resources or technologies to entire sectors or systems. Authors are encouraged to explore scientific and methodological issues alongside practical, environmental, and economic implications. However, manuscripts focusing solely on laboratory experiments without discussing their broader implications will not be considered for publication in the journal.