ENERGY ANALYSIS AND THE ELECTRIC CAR

The energy which is necessary for both the construction and operation of a variety of cars is calculated and compared. It is concluded that the energy used in vehicle operation outweighs that used for construction. Battery-powered cars while showing no significant advantage in overall energy requirement over gasoline vehicles offer the possiblity of substituting coal or nuclear energy for hydrocarbon fuels in vehicle propulsion. Ultimately a fuel cell vehicle could offer major energy savings.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Automotive Engineering Congress and Exposition, 23-27 Feb. 1976, Detroit, Mich.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • WILLIAMS, K R
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 5 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coal; Electric batteries; Electric vehicles; Energy; Fuel cells; Fuels; Gasoline engines; Hydrocarbons; Nuclear energy; Propulsion; Vehicle power plants
• Uncontrolled Terms: Propulsion systems
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00131330
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE #760120
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 14 1976 12:00AM