subject: Leading Electric Vehicle Manufacturers And Outlook [print this page] The Future of Electric Vehicles: Technology, infrastructure developments and the future outlook
Interest in electric vehicles is on the rise. For a variety of reasons this interest is unlikely to dissipate in the foreseeable future. These reasons range from climate change and environmental pollution, to the gradual depletion of fossil fuels worldwide, and to the nationalistic desire to reduce dependence on imported oil. ( http://www.bharatbook.com/detail.asp?id=140840&rt=The-Future-of-Electric-Vehicles-Technology-infrastructure-developments-and-the-future-outlook.html )
Each country faces its own unique set of challenges but environmental pressures and the looming background threat of global warming are common to all. In the US, it has been estimated by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory that if 73% of the countrys cars and light vehicles turned electric, it could cut oil demand by an estimated 6.2 million barrels per day, approximately half of the countrys current imports.
For this reason alone, interest in cleaner vehicles as alternatives to traditional gasoline powered cars will grow. Electric vehicles stand poised to fulfil a need at this important time, providing this cleaner mode of transport, to aid the effort to curb harmful emissions from liquid fuels. Technology, economic context, environmental issues are all aligning to create a more commercial backdrop for electric vehicles.
some key chapters :
Executive summary 8
Brief history of electric vehicles and market drivers 8
Leading electric vehicle manufacturers & outlook 9
Infrastructure for electric vehicles 10
Smart grids & smart charging 10
Electric vehicles and distributed storage 11
Future outlook 12
Chapter 1 Brief history of electric vehicles
and market drivers 16
Summary 16
Brief history of electric vehicles 17
Brief history of electric vehicles 17
Drivers of renewed interest 19
Increased range of electric vehicles 22
Falling oil production/peak oil 24
Gasoline and fuel prices 27
Legislation 30
Reducing emissions 31
Size of the market 32
Chapter 2 Leading electric vehicles
manufacturers & outlook 36
Summary 36
Main vehicle technologies 37
Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV) 39
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