The Department of Energy electric vehicle battery program - An overview
Abstract
The paper surveys the Department of Energy electric vehicle battery program, noting that if the number of electric vehicles in use were to reach 15 million, the annual consumption of oil would be reduced by some 225 million barrels. Attention is given to the two segments that the program is divided into: the near term battery development, and advanced battery R&D. The former involves the development and engineering design of full size vehicle batteries (20-30 kwh) of three battery systems: nickel/zinc, nickel/iron, and improved lead acid. The latter involves such designs as the lithium/metal sulfide battery, the sodium/sulfur battery, the zinc/chlorine battery, and metal air batteries.
- Publication:
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14th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference
- Pub Date:
- 1979
- Bibcode:
- 1979iece.conf..643K
- Keywords:
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- Electric Motor Vehicles;
- Energy Policy;
- Storage Batteries;
- Transportation Energy;
- Energy Technology;
- Lead Acid Batteries;
- Nickel Zinc Batteries;
- Research And Development;
- Sodium Sulfur Batteries;
- Energy Production and Conversion