Research Article

Coordination of New Energy Vehicles Closed-Loop Supply Chain under Government Subsidies and Different Power Structures

Table 1

Variables and their meanings.

Variable symbolVariable meaning

New battery production costs
Remanufacturing battery production costs
New energy vehicle recycling price
Market base sales
Price sensitivity coefficient
Recovery effort
Effort cost coefficient
Government subsidy rate
Waste battery recovery
New battery wholesale price
Vehicle manufacturer the sales price
Recycling batteries saves profits
Recovery effort
Profit sharing ratio
Transfer price
Profit function under centralized decision-making ()
Vehicle manufacturer upper/lower bid
Battery manufacturer up/down
Overall profit subscript
Profit function of dominant rights under decentralized decision-making ()
Profit function of battery manufacturers after contract under each power structure ()
Profit function of vehicle manufacturers after contract under each power structure ()
Overall profit function of the supply chain after contract under each power structure ()