NEW PROPULSION SYSTEMS FOR URBAN VEHICLES

LES NOUVEAUX SYSTEMES DE PROPULSION ENVISAGEABLES POUR LES VEHICULES URBAINS

Attention is drawn to the fact that it is still possible to make marked improvements to thermal engines so that present urban conditions can improve as regards pollution and noise. The possibility of producing an efficient electric vehicle is stressed. If the zinc-air battery seems to be a transitory solution, two other systems appear to be a distinct possibility for the future: a high-performance accumulator such as a sodium-sulphur battery and a hydrogen battery. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Societe des Ingenieurs de l'Automobile

  254 Rue de Vaugirard
  Paris 153,   France 
• Authors:
  • Sale, B
  • Breelle, Y
• Publication Date: 1975-3-4

Language

• French

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 90-96
• Serial:
  • Journal de la SIA
  • Issue Number: 3/4
  • Publisher: Societe des Ingenieurs de l'Automobile

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Diesel engines; Electric automobiles; Electric locomotives; Electric vehicles; Engines; Hydrogen; Propulsion; Sodium; Stirling engines; Sulfur; Urban areas; Vehicle power plants
• Uncontrolled Terms: Propulsion systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Nitrides
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00149731
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Road Safety Study and Research Fund, Belgium
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 4 1977 12:00AM