ELECTRIC ROAD VEHICLES

The paper gives a brief overview of the energy situation and relates this to road transport developments. Battery powered road transport as it is now is examined along the extrapolations from this current situation. The various factors which will dictate progress in the growth of electric road vehicle usage, such as technological developments, environmental pressures and, above all, total costs of building and operating electric vehicles are compared with internal combustion engined counter-parts. An account of the activities of the chloride group in this field follows, including vehicle drive train and battery developments. /Author/TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Australian Government Publishing Service

  P.O. Box 84
  Canberra, A.C.T. 2600,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • Edwards, B D
• Publication Date: 1978

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 149-157

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Chlorides; Conferences; Costs; Design; Electric automobiles; Electric batteries; Electric vehicles; Energy; Environmental impacts; Future; Operating costs; State of the art studies; Technology; Transportation modes; Transportation policy
• ITRD Terms: 1315: Battery; 8525: Conference; 224: Cost; 9011: Design (overall design); 1152: Future transport mode; 221: Operating costs; 3855: Technology
• Subject Areas: Design; Energy; Environment; Finance; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Policy; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety; I96: Vehicle Operating Costs;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00183492
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Dec 29 1978 12:00AM