• DocumentCode
    1343052
  • Title

    Transportation: The electric cars will it really go? It may not save energy but it could be cheaper, less polluting, and in the long haul, petroleum conserving

  • Author

    Healy, T.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. Santa Clara, Brazil
  • Volume
    11
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1974
  • fDate
    4/1/1974 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    50
  • Lastpage
    55
  • Abstract
    The author discusses the electric automobile. He discusses the pollution aspect, energy requirements, electric power plant primary fuels, and overall efficiency. Assumptions about possible future developments are discussed. A comparison is made between electric and gasoline automobiles in terms of energy.
  • Keywords
    automobiles; electric vehicles; road vehicles; electric automobile; electric car; electric power plant primary fuels; energy requirements; future development assumptions; gasoline automobiles; overall efficiency; pollution; possible future developments; scenarios; Automobiles; Batteries; Electric vehicles; Petroleum; Power generation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.1974.6366474
  • Filename
    6366474