摘要: |
The authors has compiled this publication on electric vehicles with special respect to aspects of developing countries, on behalf of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). This publication comprises five parts. The first section deals with the history, the possibilities and the limits of electric vehicles, their usage and potential market, legal regulations, conditions for electric vehicles in developing countries and solar powered vehicles. The second chapter reviews EV technology, power and energy calculations, vehicle conception, batteries, battery charging and drive systems. The focus in the third chapter is on activities and the market situation in the industrialized world and in developing countries. EV energy consumption, environmental impacts and lifecycle economies are studied in the fourth chapter. The final chapter presents future prospects of the development of electric vehicles. |