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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823669503321

Autore

Serra João Vitor Fernandes.

Titolo

Electric vehicles : technology, policy and commercial development / / João Vitor Fernandes Serra

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Sterling, Va. : , : Earthscan, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-45207-9

1-136-45208-7

0-203-12575-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Disciplina

629.22/93

Soggetti

Electric vehicles

Motor vehicles

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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



nascent market (2010-2020); Crossing the chasm (2015-2025); A silver bullet?; 8. Electric Vehicle Policy Support; Rationale for government action; The road ahead; In conclusion; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Modern electric vehicles (EVs) are well suited to most people's general transport needs. Despite this, their adoption at a large scale has been grindingly slow. What are the reasons for this? Unlike most books which focus on the technical aspects of EV performance, this guide sets out the commercial and political barriers to their increased use and lays out the ways in which these barriers can be overcome. It begins by charting the rise of the internal combustion engine, and detailing the problems associated with it which are driving efforts to electrify transportation. It goes on to