Publisher's Synopsis
The electric vehicle, if used as a more general means of personal transport, is seen by many commentators to hold promise as a solution to several currently pressing problems. Environmental concerns, such as the sustainability of consumption, noise and air pollution, damage to the ozone layer, the dependence on and resulting crises with finite oil resources (often foreign) can be addressed by the electric vehicle. - - Electric Vehicles provides a reasoned look at both the history of the choice of automobile technologies, and the prospects for changing that choice and in particular the prospects for the electrical vehicle taking a significant part of the market. Its main concern is to address the possibilities for the electrical vehicle becoming a significant part of the transportation system. - - The book?s contributors address this question from a variety of perspectives, all of which need to be absorbed before a comprehensive understanding of the problems and prospects for the electrical vehicle can be achieved. This book is essential reading for all those concerned with transport studies, environmental issues, energy policy, technology development and business strategy.
