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| Author(s): | M. H. Westbrook |
| Publisher: | IEE |
| ISBN: | 0852960131 |
| Format: | hardback |
| 198pp | |
| Price: | £28.00, $45.00 |
| Review Date: | 29 October 2001 |
| Review: | Although the progress in the development has not been as rapid as was originally predicted, there has been considerable progress in the last ten years. . The author predicts that by 2025 the pressure of escalating oil prices and increasing concerns about pollution will make electric propulsion both economically viable. The real boost to development of an electric car was when, in 1990, the California Air Resources Board issued a sales mandate that demanded that manufacturers produced increasing numbers, year by year, of zero emission vehicles. For an economical and effective solution the motor and the source of energy needs to be cheap. This book looks at these problems and provides a comprehensive picture of the history, current status and the likely future developments of electric cars, making predictions about the electric cars that will be available by 2025. |