WP1

WP1. Towards a sustainable EV battery life cycle. Lead: Maja Van Der Velden

WP1 will provide a sustainability framework for EMPOWER, with a focus on the EV battery life cycle and future battery use. It will take a regulatory ecology perspective, a systems approach to investigating the interactions between four modes of regulation: the design and architecture of batteries (WP2), the laws and directives regulating batteries (WP4), the market of mobility batteries (new and second-life ones) (WP3), and social norms of battery use, now and in the future (WP1, WP3 & WP5). This integrative approach will support the creation of a common language in the project, strengthening our collaboration and enable interdisciplinary outcomes. The interdisciplinary work will be further enhanced by integrative mapping exercises, in which EMPOWER participants engage in a participatory mapping of project results and analysis. Secondly, informed by the EV battery life cycle, this WP will involve youth in designing and exploring future sustainable transport solutions. This WP will address the following RQs: 1) What are the social and environmental impacts in the EV battery life cycle? and 2) How do youth envision their future sustainable transportation?