THE FUTURE OF THE ELECTRIC CAR

The author believes that the car of the future will be a hybrid electric vehicle particularly if heat recovery systems can be developed. Four systems are compared - a) thermal engine, b) pure electric, c) hybrid electric and d) fuel cell electric. The way in which they are likely to develop over the next few years is examined. Hybrid cars using 0.5-1.0 litres/100km are envisaged together with thermal engines with low loss platforms. The reduction of vehicle auxilliary supplies and air conditioning loads will also need to be addressed. For the covering abstract see IRRD 882109.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Automotive Automotion Limited

  42 Lloyd Park Avenue
  Croydon CRO 5SB, Surrey,   England 
• Authors:
  • HODKINSON, R L
• Conference:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE 28TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND AUTOMATION (ISATA)
  • Location: Stuttgart , Germany
  • Date: 1995-9-18 to 1995-9-22
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 73-81

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternate fuels; Automobiles; Conferences; Electric vehicles; Forecasting; Fuel consumption
• ITRD Terms: 1243: Car; 8525: Conference; 1282: Electric vehicle; 132: Forecast; 232: Fuel consumption; 2417: Renewable energy
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Energy;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00726487
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-947719-74-1
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Oct 28 1996 12:00AM