The great battery search [electric vehicles]

Author

Hunt, Gary L.

Author_Institution

Idaho Nat. Eng. & Environ. Lab., ID, USA

Volume

35

Issue

11

fYear

1998

fDate

11/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

21

Lastpage

28

Abstract

Batteries are the Achilles´ heel of electric vehicles (EVs). Advocates of EVs frequently find themselves explaining why no electric car can drive far without refueling and as frequently promising things will get better any year now, as soon as the latest advance in batteries reaches maturity. As the search goes on for new electrochemical couples, designers try to avoid the pitfalls of the old ones. The article discusses the problems of batteries for EVs and discusses Li-ion, Ni-MH and Ni-Cd battery developments. The possibility of using primary batteries is briefly discussed as are battery charging technologies, safety and health issues

Keywords

cadmium; electric vehicles; lithium; nickel; safety; secondary cells; Li; Li-ion battery; Ni-Cd; Ni-Cd battery; Ni-MH battery; battery charging; electric vehicles; electrochemical couples; health issues; primary batteries; safety; Automobiles; Battery charge measurement; Costs; Electric vehicles; Electrodes; Energy storage; Horses; Marketing and sales; Petroleum; Power engineering and energy;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Spectrum, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9235

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/6.730516

Filename

730516