Electric Vehicles Unveiled: Navigating the Benefits and Challenges of Going Electric

Electric Vehicles Unveiled: Navigating the Benefits and Challenges of Going Electric
Author: Guy Lindon
Publisher: Richards Education
Total Pages: 70
Release:
Genre: Transportation
ISBN:

Dive into the captivating world of electric mobility with "Electric Vehicles Unveiled: Navigating the Benefits and Challenges of Going Electric." This insightful guide explores the pros and cons of embracing electric cars, shedding light on their environmental advantages, technological innovations, and financial considerations. From dissecting the impact of EVs on carbon emissions to demystifying range anxiety and charging infrastructure, this book equips readers with a comprehensive understanding of the electric vehicle landscape. Delve into real-world case studies, consumer experiences, and future projections to envision a sustainable tomorrow powered by electric transportation. Whether you're a seasoned enthusiast or a curious novice, "Electric Vehicles Unveiled" offers a compelling narrative on the transformative journey towards a cleaner, greener automotive future.

China's Quest for Energy Security

China's Quest for Energy Security
Author: Erica Strecker Downs
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Total Pages: 83
Release: 2000-12-05
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0833048325

China's two decades of rapid economic growth have fueled a demand for energy that has outstripped domestic sources of supply. China became a net oil importer in 1993, and the country's dependence on energy imports is expected to continue to grow over the next 20 years, when it is likely to import some 60 percent of its oil and at least 30 percent of its natural gas. China thus is having to abandon its traditional goal of energyself-sufficiency--brought about by a fear of strategic vulnerability--and look abroad for resources. This study looks at the measures that China is taking to achieve energy security and the motivations behind those measures. It considers China's investment in overseas oil exploration and development projects, interest in transnational oil pipelines, plans for a strategic petroleum reserve, expansion of refineries to process crude supplies from the Middle East, development of the natural gas industry, and gradual opening of onshore drilling areas to foreign oil companies. The author concludes that these activities are designed, in part, to reduce the vulnerability of China's energy supply to U.S. power. China's international oil and gas investments, however, are unlikely to bring China theenergy security it desires. China is likely to remain reliant on U.S. protection of the sea-lanes that bring the country most of its energy imports.

Regeneration

Regeneration
Author: Paul Hawken
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2021-09-21
Genre: Science
ISBN: 052550849X

A radically new understanding of and practical approach to climate change by noted environmentalist Paul Hawken, creator of the New York Times bestseller Drawdown Regeneration offers a visionary new approach to climate change, one that weaves justice, climate, biodiversity, equity, and human dignity into a seamless tapestry of action, policy, and transformation that can end the climate crisis in one generation. It is the first book to describe and define the burgeoning regeneration movement spreading rapidly throughout the world. Regeneration describes how an inclusive movement can engage the majority of humanity to save the world from the threat of global warming, with climate solutions that directly serve our children, the poor, and the excluded. This means we must address current human needs, not future existential threats, real as they are, with initiatives that include but go well beyond solar, electric vehicles, and tree planting to include such solutions as the fifteen-minute city, bioregions, azolla fern, food localization, fire ecology, decommodification, forests as farms, and the number one solution for the world: electrifying everything. Paul Hawken and the nonprofit Regeneration Organization are launching a series of initiatives to accompany the book, including a streaming video series, curriculum, podcasts, teaching videos, and climate action software. Regeneration is the inspiring and necessary guide to inform the rapidly spreading climate movement.

Vehicle-to-Grid

Vehicle-to-Grid
Author: Lance Noel
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2019-01-04
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030048640

​This book defines and charts the barriers and future of vehicle-to-grid technology: a technology that could dramatically reduce emissions, create revenue, and accelerate the adoption of battery electric cars. This technology connects the electric power grid and the transportation system in ways that will enable electric vehicles to store renewable energy and offer valuable services to the electricity grid and its markets. To understand the complex features of this emergent technology, the authors explore the current status and prospect of vehicle-to-grid, and detail the sociotechnical barriers that may impede its fruitful deployment. The book concludes with a policy roadmap to advise decision-makers on how to optimally implement vehicle-to-grid and capture its benefits to society while attempting to avoid the impediments discussed earlier in the book.

Three Revolutions

Three Revolutions
Author: Daniel Sperling
Publisher: Island Press
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2018-03
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 161091905X

Front Cover -- About Island Press -- Subscribe -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Will the Transportation Revolutions Improve Our Lives-- or Make Them Worse? -- 2. Electric Vehicles: Approaching the Tipping Point -- 3. Shared Mobility: The Potential of Ridehailing and Pooling -- 4. Vehicle Automation: Our Best Shot at a Transportation Do-Over? -- 5. Upgrading Transit for the Twenty-First Century -- 6. Bridging the Gap between Mobility Haves and Have-Nots -- 7. Remaking the Auto Industry -- 8. The Dark Horse: Will China Win the Electric, Automated, Shared Mobility Race? -- Epilogue -- Notes -- About the Contributors -- Index -- IP Board of Directors

The Electric Vehicle and the Burden of History

The Electric Vehicle and the Burden of History
Author: David A. Kirsch
Publisher:
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2000
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

In the context of regulations requiring emission so low that electric and hybrid cars will be necessary, Kirsch (industrial ecology, U. of California-Los Angeles) takes the Electric Vehicle Company as a starting point for a vision of an alternative automotive system in which gasoline and electric vehicles would each have been used to supply different kinds of transport services. He argues that technological superiority was in the hearts and minds of engineers, consumers, and drivers. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Autonomous Vehicle Technology

Autonomous Vehicle Technology
Author: James M. Anderson
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2014-01-10
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 0833084372

The automotive industry appears close to substantial change engendered by “self-driving” technologies. This technology offers the possibility of significant benefits to social welfare—saving lives; reducing crashes, congestion, fuel consumption, and pollution; increasing mobility for the disabled; and ultimately improving land use. This report is intended as a guide for state and federal policymakers on the many issues that this technology raises.

Modern Electric Vehicle Technology

Modern Electric Vehicle Technology
Author: C. C. Chan
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2001
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780198504160

A comprehensive and up-to-date reference book on modern electric vehicle technology, which covers the engineering philosophy, state-of-the-art technology, and commercialisation of electrical vehicles.

Electric and Hybrid Cars

Electric and Hybrid Cars
Author: Curtis D. Anderson
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2010-03-30
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 0786457422

This illustrated history chronicles electric and hybrid cars from the late 19th century to today's fuel cell and plug-in automobiles. It describes the politics, technology, marketing strategies, and environmental issues that have impacted electric and hybrid cars' research and development. The important marketing shift from a "woman's car" to "going green" is discussed. Milestone projects and technologies such as early batteries, hydrogen and bio-mass fuel cells, the upsurge of hybrid vehicles, and the various regulations and market forces that have shaped the industry are also covered.

Popular Science

Popular Science
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2004-09
Genre:
ISBN:

Popular Science gives our readers the information and tools to improve their technology and their world. The core belief that Popular Science and our readers share: The future is going to be better, and science and technology are the driving forces that will help make it better.