Public coordination for escaping from technological lock-in: its possibilities and limits in replacing diesel vehicles with compressed natural gas vehicles in Tokyo |
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| Authors: | Masaru Yarime |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sakarya University, Esentepe, 54187 Sakarya, Turkey;2. Department of Automotive Engineering, Kocaeli University, Umuttepe, 41380 Kocaeli, Turkey;1. School of Electrical Engineering, Southeast University, 210096 Nanjing, China;2. Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Smart Grid Technology and Equipment, 210096 Nanjing, China;1. State Key Laboratory of Automotive Safety and Energy, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China;2. State Key Laboratory of Power Systems, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China |
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| Abstract: | This paper analyzes a recent attempt by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to replace diesel vehicles with low-emission vehicles, particularly, compressed natural gas vehicles. As commonly observed in the transportation sector, when strong complementarities among the components of a complex technological system exist, a failure in coordination results to a state of technological lock-in. In this respect, the public sector can serve a focal role in coordination to promote new technologies. The Tokyo experience illustrates the potentials and limitations in overcoming a state of technological lock-in by effective management of the behaviors and expectations of the relevant actors involved in using, producing, and supporting alternative clean vehicles. |
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