POINT OF VIEW: ELECTRIC CARS MAY NOT BE READY TO ROLL

California, New York, and Massachusetts have required that 2% of model year 1998 cars must be zero-emissions vehicles--in other words electric cars. In this article, the authors point out why they believe that battery-powered vehicles using near-term technologies do not deliver the promised environmental benefits, making the 1998 mandates premature.

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• Authors:
  • MCMICHAEL, F C
  • LAVE, L B
  • Hendrickson, C T
• Publication Date: 1995-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 14, 35
• Serial:
  • TR News
  • Issue Number: 181
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0738-6826

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electric automobiles; Environmental impacts; Lead acid batteries; Risk assessment
• Uncontrolled Terms: Zero emissions
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00716890
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-042 022
• Files: HSL, TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Feb 28 1996 12:00AM