Abstract
The tremendous increase in pollution levels caused by automobiles energized through fossil fuels as well as the eventual depletion of these fuels has led to an increase in the interest for electric and hybrid electric vehicles. Electric vehicles (EVs) provide cleaner means of transportation with the pollution being limited to the locations of electric power generating plants. They are the vehicles of the future, without any doubt. There has been a tremendous amount of research in EV technology in recent times, and a lot of research has reached mature levels. The only impediment to the complete commercial use of EVs is the energy sources required to power them. In this chapter, we take a look at the conventional sources of energy for EVs, their current status and developments, as well as technologies to look out for in the future. The focus is on the basic working principles of these sources without delving too much into their chemical reactions.
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Abbreviations
- EV :
-
Electric Vehicle
- NiCd :
-
Nickel–cadmium
- Li-ion :
-
Lithium-ion
- NaS :
-
Sodium–sulfur
- SoC :
-
State of Charge
- DoD :
-
Depth of Discharge
- PEM :
-
Proton Exchange Membrane
- PAFC :
-
Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cell
- SOFC :
-
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
- HEV :
-
Hybrid Electric Vehicle
- NiMH :
-
Nickel-metal-hydride
- Li-poly :
-
Lithium-polymer
- Zn-Air :
-
Zinc-air
- SoD :
-
State of Discharge
- AFC :
-
Alkaline Fuel Cell
- DMFC :
-
Direct Methanol Fuel Cell
- MCFC :
-
Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell
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Ahmed, I., Bohre, A.K., Bera, T.K., Bhattacharya, A. (2022). Energy Sources for Electric Vehicles. In: Bohre, A.K., Chaturvedi, P., Kolhe, M.L., Singh, S.N. (eds) Planning of Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems, Electric Vehicles and Microgrid. Energy Systems in Electrical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0979-5_15
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