ELECTRIC VEHICLES WITH MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
The report is divided as follows: Part 1 - The enquiry; Part 2 - Electric vehicles - the energy case; Part 3 - Electric vehicles - present technology (fuel advantages, low whole life costs, quietness, reduced exhaust emission, mechanical simplicity, performance and range, rate of recharge, initial cost, urban delivery vehicles, wider vehicle market); Part 4 - Rail, buses and trams; Part 5 - Advanced batteries; Part 6 - Nybrid vehicles; Part 7 - Motors, controllers and chargers (motors, controllers, chargers, drive systems, vehicle chassis); Part 8 - Funding of research, development and demonstration; Part 9 - Overseas activities; Part 10 - Opinion of the committee. (TRRL)
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Availability:
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Supplemental Notes:
- House of Lords Session 1979-80 1st Report (352) of the Select Committee on Science and Technology.
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Corporate Authors:
Her Majesty's Stationery Office
Atlantic Ho, Holborn Viaduct
London EC1P 1BN, England - Publication Date: 1980-7-30
Media Info
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: 199 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Air pollution; Buses; Costs; Delivery vehicles; Demonstration projects; Development; Economic efficiency; Electric batteries; Electric power conditioning; Electric vehicles; Energy conservation; Federal government; Financing; Hybrid vehicles; Light rail vehicles; Motor vehicles; Motors; Noise control; Railroad tracks; Rapid transit cars; Research; State of the art reports; Technology; Trolley cars; Trolleybuses
- Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency; Quiet vehicles; Research and development
- Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
- ITRD Terms: 1315: Battery; 1272: Bus; 1394: Catalytic converter; 224: Cost; 1234: Delivery vehicle; 5911: Efficiency; 1282: Electric vehicle; 212: Energy conservation; 183: Government (national); 1334: Motor; 1293: Quiet vehicle; 1173: Rail bound transport; 1062: Railway track; 8588: State of the art report; 3855: Technology; 1284: Tram; 8119: United Kingdom
- Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Environment; Finance; Highways; Public Transportation; Railroads; Research; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00324982
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
- ISBN: 0 10 435280 9
- Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: May 21 1982 12:00AM