AN INITITAL ASSESSMENT OF ROADWAY-POWERED ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Wide-scale use of electric vehicles (EVs) could result in large reductions of urban air pollution. However, consumer acceptability of battery- powered EVs is limited due to the short range of the vehicles. One possibility for eliminating the range disadvantage of EVs, without sacrificing their potential for improving air quality, is to supplement battery energy with electricity supplied through the roadway. This paper is an initial assessment of the costs environmental impacts, and electric utility impacts of roadway-powered electric vehicles (RPEVs). The authors find that RPEV air quality benefits are substantial and that the technology could prove economically competitive with petroleum-fueled motor vehicles, but that continuing R&D is needed to narrow cost uncertainties.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: June 1990 Published By: University of California, Davis, CA
• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Davis

  Plug-in Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Research Center, Institute of Transportation Studies
  Davis, CA  United States  95616
• Authors:
  • Nesbitt, Kevin
  • Sperling, Daniel
  • DeLuchi, Mark A
• Publication Date: 1990

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 1 v. (various pagings)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electric vehicles; Electromagnetic induction; Environmental impacts; Technology assessment
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00771920
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH
• Created Date: Nov 17 1999 12:00AM