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Serra João Vitor Fernandes. |
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Titolo |
Electric vehicles : technology, policy and commercial development / / João Vitor Fernandes Serra |
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London ; ; Sterling, Va. : , : Earthscan, , 2012 |
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1-136-45207-9 |
1-136-45208-7 |
0-203-12575-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (215 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Electric vehicles |
Motor vehicles |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Cover; Electric Vehicles; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Introduction: A Contemporary Crisis; Acknowledgements; Part I - Private Transport: Seizing the Opportunity; 1. How Combustion Beat Electric; The rise of the automobile; A century of automobile industry; Looking ahead; Where to now?; 2. Global Sustainability in Check; Energy consumption and resource constraints; Impacts on the environment; The alternatives; Seizing the opportunity; Part II - Technological Feasibility; 3. Vehicle Propulsion; A few basic concepts; The internal combustion engine vehicle; The electric vehicle |
Hybrids: The electrification spectrumApproaching a verdict 1: Better at the core; Appendix: Vehicle classifications; 4. Energy Storage; Energy storage performance parameters; Combustion-based energy storage systems; Electrochemical battery energy storage systems; Fuel cell energy storage systems; Ultracapacitor energy storage systems; Approaching a verdict 2: Closing the gap; 5. The Electric Vehicle Recharging Infrastructure; Energy services; Impact on the power grid; Approaching a verdict 3: A ripe whole-product solution; Part III - Electric Vehicle Roadmap |
6. Electric Vehicle Cost-EffectivenessCapital costs; Operating costs; Social costs; Cost-effectiveness of electric mobility; A convenient truth; 7. Electric Vehicle Adoption Trajectory; Market forecast review; The |
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