BATTERIES FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES

The importance of research to improve the performance of electric vehicle power sources, particularly with respect to service life, is emphasized. Effective power sources are a necessity if electric vehicles are to receive general acceptance. The lead-acid battery can meet the requirements of commercial city driving. NERDDC Project 79/9317 is designed to simulate, in the laboratory, the duty cycle of a vehicle of modern design operating in an Australian urban environment and to determine the effects of a number of operational parameters on the nature of the processes which limit the capacity and cycle life of lead- acid batteries. Such information is essential if electric vehicle and battery design are to proceed along mutually compatible lines. Batteries with energy density higher than that of lead-acid are required for electric vehicles to make a major impact on the private car market. NERDDC Project 78/2612 is designed to develop advanced batteries with high energy density. Current progress of the research into lithium-organic and Ni/Zn systems is reviewed. It is pointed out that the concepts developed by CSIRO for battery research could form the basis of an Australian battery test facility. (Author/TRRL)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Motor Vehicle Fuel Conservation Workshop, Melbourne, February 1981.
• Corporate Authors:

  Australian Department of National Devel and Energy

  Hobart Place
  Canberra, A.C.T.,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • RAND, DAJ
  • WOODS, R
• Publication Date: 1981-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 6 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acids; Conferences; Design; Electric batteries; Electric vehicles; Lead (Metal); Lithium; Nickel; Research projects; Service life; Test procedures; Zinc
• ITRD Terms: 7351: Acid; 1315: Battery; 8525: Conference; 9011: Design (overall design); 1282: Electric vehicle; 7138: Lead (metal); 8557: Research project; 6288: Test method
• Subject Areas: Design; Energy; Highways; Research; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00342989
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 29 1982 12:00AM