ELECTRIC CARS: THE BATTERY PROBLEM

THERE IS NO KNOWN, OR AT LEAST PUBLISHED, BATTERY DEVELOPMENT WORK THAT JUSTIFIES HOPE FOR THE COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF THE HEAT ENGINE POWERED AUTOMOBILE BY THE BATTERY POWERED VEHICLE IN LESS THAN 30 YEARS. BUT THE ELECTRIC CAR WITH A HEAT ENGINE ABOARD TO OPERATE AN ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATOR THAT RECHARGES THE BATTERIES (THE HEAT ENGINE/BATTERY HYBRID, HEBAH) IS A VERY PROMISING APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM OF REDUCING AUTOMOBILE EMISSIONS BY A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT IN A SURPRISINGLY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND AT NOT TOO MUCH OF A PRICE PENALTY IN COMPARISON WITH THE STANDARD AUTOMOBILE. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 27, No 4, PP 19-22
• Corporate Authors:

  Science and Public Affairs

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• Authors:
  • Wouk, V
• Publication Date: 1971-4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Electric automobiles; Electric batteries; Heat; Vehicle power plants
• Old TRIS Terms: Automobile engines
• Subject Areas: Energy; Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223476
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 8 1971 12:00AM